Bill Text: TX SB1713 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a voluntary veteran's employment preference for private employers.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1713 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1713-Introduced.html
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| By: Campbell | S.B. No. 1713 | |
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| relating to a voluntary veteran's employment preference for private | ||
| employers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 2, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Chapter 23 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 23. VOLUNTARY VETERAN'S EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE FOR PRIVATE | ||
| EMPLOYERS | ||
| Sec. 23.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "veteran" means | ||
| an individual who: | ||
| (1) has served on active duty in the armed forces of | ||
| the United States; and | ||
| (2) was honorably discharged from military service. | ||
| Sec. 23.002. VOLUNTARY PREFERENCE POLICY. (a) A private | ||
| employer may adopt a policy under which the employer gives a | ||
| preference in employment decisions regarding hiring, promotion, or | ||
| retention to a veteran over another qualified applicant or | ||
| employee. | ||
| (b) A policy adopted under this section must be in writing. | ||
| Sec. 23.003. APPLICATION OF POLICY. (a) An employer shall | ||
| apply any policy adopted under this chapter uniformly in employment | ||
| decisions regarding hiring, promotion, or retention during a | ||
| reduction in the employer's workforce. | ||
| (b) An employer may require appropriate documentation from | ||
| a veteran for the veteran to be eligible for the preference under a | ||
| policy adopted under this chapter. | ||
| (c) Granting a preference in accordance with a policy | ||
| adopted under this chapter does not violate Chapter 21. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an employment decision made on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. An employment decision made before the effective date of | ||
| this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the decision | ||
| was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
