TITLE: Relating to the deadline for hiring or rejecting applicants for state job vacancies.

SUMMARY: Relating to the deadline for hiring or rejecting applicants for state job vacancies.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the deadline for hiring or rejecting applicants for state job vacancies. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 651, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 651.011 to read as follows: Sec. 651.011. DEADLINE TO HIRE OR REJECT APPLICANT. (a) In this section, "state agency" means a board, commission, department, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government created under the constitution or a statute of this state, including an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. (b) This section does not apply to a vacancy in a state office that is to be filled by appointment by the governor. (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), not later than the 30th day after the date a state agency receives an application for a job vacancy, the state agency shall: (1) review the application and either offer employment to or reject the applicant; and (2) notify the applicant of the state agency's decision. (d) If a state agency receives an incomplete application, the state agency shall notify the applicant that the application is incomplete as soon as practicable after the agency determines that the application is incomplete. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.