Bill Text: TX SB389 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the placement of military occupational specialty codes on certain notices of state agency employment openings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-23 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB389 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB389-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 389 | ||
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| relating to the placement of military occupational specialty codes | ||
| on certain notices of state agency employment openings. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 654, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 654.0375 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 654.0375. MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY CODE | ||
| IDENTIFICATION; REPORT. (a) Each state fiscal biennium the | ||
| classification officer shall research and identify the military | ||
| occupational specialty code for each branch of the armed forces of | ||
| the United States that corresponds to each position contained in | ||
| the state's position classification plan. | ||
| (b) The classification officer shall report the findings | ||
| under Subsection (a) in the manner provided by Section | ||
| 654.037(a)(2). | ||
| (c) The classification officer may request the assistance | ||
| of the Texas Veterans Commission in performing a duty required | ||
| under this section. The Texas Veterans Commission shall provide | ||
| the requested assistance. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 656, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 656.002 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 656.002. MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY CODES ON | ||
| NOTICES OF EMPLOYMENT OPENINGS. A state agency shall include on all | ||
| forms and notices related to a state agency employment opening the | ||
| military occupational specialty code for each branch of the armed | ||
| forces of the United States, identified as provided by Section | ||
| 654.0375, that corresponds to the employment opening if the duties | ||
| of the available position correlate with a military occupational | ||
| specialty. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 656.023, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 656.023. JOB INFORMATION FORMS. (a) The commission | ||
| shall prescribe the forms for information from state agencies | ||
| necessary for the commission to serve as a central processing | ||
| agency for state agency job opportunities in Travis County. | ||
| (b) A form prescribed by the commission under Subsection (a) | ||
| must include a space for a state agency to list a military | ||
| occupational specialty code as provided by Section 656.002. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 656.002, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a form or notice relating to an employment | ||
| opening published or delivered on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. A form or notice published or delivered before that date | ||
| is governed by the law in effect on the date the form or notice was | ||
| published or delivered, and the former law is continued in effect | ||
| for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 389 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 389 passed the House on | ||
| May 13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 3, | ||
| two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
