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TX Govt Code § 654.032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter C. Classification Officer|Section 654.032. Appointment of Classification Officer

Sec. 654.032.  APPOINTMENT OF CLASSIFICATION OFFICER.  The state auditor shall appoint the classification officer, subject to the advice and approval of the Legislative Audit Committee.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 654.033 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter C. Classification Officer|Section 654.033. Qualifications of Classification Officer

Sec. 654.033.  QUALIFICATIONS OF CLASSIFICATION OFFICER.  To be eligible for appointment as classification officer, an individual must have:(1)  at least six years' experience in position classification or human resource management;  or(2)  a period of experience equivalent to that described in Subdivision (1) in related work in state employment that specially qualifies the person for the position.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1140, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 654.034 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter C. Classification Officer|Section 654.034. Salary of Classification Officer

Sec. 654.034.  SALARY OF CLASSIFICATION OFFICER.  The classification officer is entitled to the salary set by the General Appropriations Act.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 654.035 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter C. Classification Officer|Section 654.035. First Assistant Classification Officer

Sec. 654.035.  FIRST ASSISTANT CLASSIFICATION OFFICER.  The classification officer, subject to the approval of the state auditor and the Legislative Audit Committee, may appoint a first assistant classification officer to whom the classification officer may delegate the statutory powers and duties of the classification officer when the classification officer is absent.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 654.036 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter C. Classification Officer|Section 654.036. General Duties of Classification Officer

Sec. 654.036.  GENERAL DUTIES OF CLASSIFICATION OFFICER.  The classification officer shall:(1)  maintain and keep current the position classification plan;(2)  advise and assist state agencies in equitably and uniformly applying the plan;(3)  conduct classification compliance audits to ensure conformity with the plan;  and(4)  make recommendations that the classification officer finds necessary and desirable about the operation and for improvement of the plan to the governor and the legislature.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1140, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 654.037 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter C. Classification Officer|Section 654.037. Salary Studies and Recommendations

Sec. 654.037.  SALARY STUDIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS.  (a)  The classification officer shall:(1)  make periodic studies of salary rates in other governmental units and in industry for similar work performed in state government;  and(2)  report the classification officer's findings from the studies made under Subdivision (1) to the governor's budget office and the Legislative Budget Board not later than October 1 preceding each regular session of the legislature.(b)  The classification officer shall conduct, before September 1 of each even-numbered year, a survey of local law enforcement departments that employ more than 1,000 commissioned law enforcement officers to gather information about the total compensation provided by the departments to law enforcement officers.  Before January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the classification officer shall analyze the findings of the most recent survey conducted in accordance with this subsection and shall submit to the legislature a report on the findings of the survey and analysis.  The report must identify the five local law enforcement departments that provide the highest average total compensation to local law enforcement officers who have been employed by the local law enforcement departments at the maximum salary level.(c)  To improve the ability of the state to recruit and retain qualified law enforcement officers, the legislature may consider the report submitted under Subsection (b) in determining the salaries of all state law enforcement officers who hold a position classified under the state employee classification system and are compensated under Salary Schedule C of the General Appropriations Act.(d)  Each state fiscal biennium the classification officer shall:(1)  identify each state agency that experienced an employee turnover rate of more than 17 percent during the preceding state fiscal biennium;(2)  with respect to each state agency described by Subdivision (1), conduct a comparative study of salary rates at the agency that compares the salaries paid at the agency with:(A)  the market average maximum salary in other governmental units and in the private sector for similar work performed; and(B)  the market average mid-range salary in other governmental units and in the private sector for similar work performed; and(3)  report the findings of the study in the manner provided by Subsection (a)(2).|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1312 (S.B. 59), Sec. 40, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Govt Code § 654.0375 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter C. Classification Officer|Section 654.0375. Military Occupational Specialty Code Identification; Report

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.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 111 (S.B. 389), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Govt Code § 654.038 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter C. Classification Officer|Section 654.038. Classification Compliance Audits; Notification and Voluntary Correction of Nonconformity

Sec. 654.038.  CLASSIFICATION COMPLIANCE AUDITS;  NOTIFICATION AND VOLUNTARY CORRECTION OF NONCONFORMITY.  (a)  The classification officer shall notify the governor, the comptroller, the Legislative Audit Committee, and the chief executive of the agency in writing when a classification compliance audit reveals nonconformity with the position classification plan or with prescribed salary ranges.  The notification shall specify the points of nonconformity.(b)  The chief executive is entitled to a reasonable opportunity to resolve the nonconformity by:(1)  reclassifying the employee to a position title or class consistent with the work performed;(2)  changing the employee's duties to conform to the assigned class;  or(3)  obtaining a new class description of work and salary range.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1140, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 654.039 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter C. Classification Officer|Section 654.039. Report of Inaction

Sec. 654.039.  REPORT OF INACTION.  The classification officer shall make a written report of the facts to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board if the chief executive of an agency does not comply with Section 654.038(b) before the 21st day after the date of the classification officer's written notification.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 654.040 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter C. Classification Officer|Section 654.040. Action by Governor

Sec. 654.040.  ACTION BY GOVERNOR.  In response to a report under Section 654.039, the governor may determine, after consultation with the Legislative Audit Committee, the action to be taken to resolve a nonconformity.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1140, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 654.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter C. Classification Officer|Section 654.041. Examination for Compliance by State Auditor; Reports

Sec. 654.041.  EXAMINATION FOR COMPLIANCE BY STATE AUDITOR;  REPORTS.  The state auditor, subject to a risk assessment and to the Legislative Audit Committee's approval of including the examination in the audit plan under Section 321.013, may:(1)  examine or cause to be examined, in periodic postaudits of their expenditures and by methods the auditor considers appropriate and adequate, whether departments and agencies are in compliance with this chapter;  and(2)  report the findings to the governor, the comptroller, and the Legislative Audit Committee.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Govt Code § 654.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter C. Classification Officer|Section 654.042. Assistance From State Auditor

Sec. 654.042.  ASSISTANCE FROM STATE AUDITOR.  The state auditor may provide assistance to the classification officer using money appropriated for that purpose.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 654.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter C. Classification Officer|Section 654.043. Free Use of Comptroller's Data Processing Center

Sec. 654.043.  FREE USE OF COMPTROLLER'S DATA PROCESSING CENTER.  The classification officer may use, without charge, the comptroller's data processing center to process position classification information when the center is available.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 654.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter D. Other Laws|Section 654.061. Construction With Other Laws

Sec. 654.061.  CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER LAWS.  (a)  This chapter does not affect the authority of a governing body or a chief executive of an agency under another law to employ persons or promote or dismiss employees.(b)  This chapter does not authorize an increase in the number of positions in an agency or the amount of appropriations to an agency set by the General Appropriations Act.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 654.062 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter D. Other Laws|Section 654.062. Conflict With Laws Relating to Employee Merit Systems in Certain Agencies

Sec. 654.062.  CONFLICT WITH LAWS RELATING TO EMPLOYEE MERIT SYSTEMS IN CERTAIN AGENCIES.  Sections 654.015 and 654.061 do not abrogate statutory authorization for a state agency to operate under an employee merit system as a condition for qualifying for federal grants-in-aid.  A merit system agreed to by a state agency and an agency of the federal government shall continue in effect, subject to applicable state law.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 656.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 656 - Job Notices and Training|Subchapter A. Employment Openings|Section 656.001. State Agency Employment Opening

Sec. 656.001.  STATE AGENCY EMPLOYMENT OPENING.  Any agency, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, court, department, institution, or office in the executive or judicial branch of state government that has an employment opening for which persons from outside the agency will be considered shall list the opening with the Texas Workforce Commission.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 817, Sec. 10.05, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Govt Code § 656.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 656 - Job Notices and Training|Subchapter A. Employment Openings|Section 656.002. Online State Agency Employment Applications

Sec. 656.002.  ONLINE STATE AGENCY EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS.  (a)  In this section, "state agency" does not include an institution of higher education or university system as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.(b)  The online system for listing state agency employment openings maintained by the Texas Workforce Commission must allow an applicant for employment to complete a single state application online and enter the application into an online database from which the applicant may electronically send the application to multiple state agencies.(c)  The Texas Workforce Commission shall:(1)  prescribe a standard electronic format for the online application described by Subsection (b); and(2)  ensure that the commission's online system allows an applicant to submit and a state agency to receive an online application for state agency employment.(d)  A state agency shall accept an application for an employment opening from the online system maintained by the Texas Workforce Commission.(e)  This section does not prohibit a state agency from accepting an application for an employment opening in a manner other than the manner described by this section.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 273 (H.B. 426), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Govt Code § 656.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 656 - Job Notices and Training|Subchapter A. Employment Openings|Section 656.003. Military Occupational Specialty Codes on Notices of Employment Openings

Sec. 656.003.  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.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 111 (S.B. 389), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.Redesignated from Government Code, Section 656.002 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 24.001(19), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Govt Code § 656.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 656 - Job Notices and Training|Subchapter B. Job Notices|Section 656.021. Definitions

Sec. 656.021.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Commission" means the Texas Workforce Commission.(2)  "State agency" means:(A)  a department, commission, board, office, or other agency that:(i)  is in the executive branch of state government;(ii)  has authority that is not limited to a geographical portion of this state;  and(iii)  was created by the constitution or a statute of this state;  or(B)  a university system or an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, other than a public junior college.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 817, Sec. 10.06, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Govt Code § 656.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 656 - Job Notices and Training|Subchapter B. Job Notices|Section 656.022. Submission of Job Information Forms

Sec. 656.022.  SUBMISSION OF JOB INFORMATION FORMS.  As soon as possible after a job vacancy occurs or is filled in Travis County in a state agency, the agency shall complete and deliver to the commission the appropriate information form prescribed by the commission and pertaining to the job vacancy or placement.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 760, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 656.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 656 - Job Notices and Training|Subchapter B. Job Notices|Section 656.023. Job Information Forms

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 656.003.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 111 (S.B. 389), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 24.002(9), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Govt Code § 656.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 656 - Job Notices and Training|Subchapter B. Job Notices|Section 656.024. Public Notice of Job Vacancies

Sec. 656.024.  PUBLIC NOTICE OF JOB VACANCIES.  The commission shall publicly list, in accordance with the commission's procedures, for at least 10 working days, each notice of a job vacancy delivered under Section 656.022 unless the commission is sooner notified by the state agency having the vacancy that the vacancy has been filled.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 656.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 656 - Job Notices and Training|Subchapter B. Job Notices|Section 656.025. Other Efforts to Inform Sources of Vacancies

Sec. 656.025.  OTHER EFFORTS TO INFORM SOURCES OF VACANCIES.  A state agency is encouraged to continue other efforts used to inform outside applicant recruitment sources of job vacancies.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 656.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 656 - Job Notices and Training|Subchapter B. Job Notices|Section 656.026. Job Notice Posting Waiver

Sec. 656.026.  JOB NOTICE POSTING WAIVER.  A state agency is not required to comply with the requirements of this subchapter or Subchapter A when the agency transfers or reassigns an employee as part of a reorganization or merger mandated by the legislature if the executive head of the agency certifies that the transfer or reassignment is necessary for the proper implementation of the reorganization or merger.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 656.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 656 - Job Notices and Training|Subchapter B. Job Notices|Section 656.027. Preference for Veterans on State Employment Forms

Sec. 656.027.  PREFERENCE FOR VETERANS ON STATE EMPLOYMENT FORMS.  The commission shall include on all forms relating to state agency employment that are prescribed by the commission under this subchapter or other law a statement regarding the requirement prescribed by Chapter 657 that each state agency give a veterans employment preference until the agency workforce is composed of at least 40 percent veterans.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 69, Sec. 2, eff. May 16, 2003.|
TX Govt Code § 656.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 656 - Job Notices and Training|Subchapter C. Training|Section 656.041. Short Title

Sec. 656.041.  SHORT TITLE.  This subchapter may be cited as the State Employees Training Act.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 656.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 656 - Job Notices and Training|Subchapter C. Training|Section 656.042. Findings and Purpose

Sec. 656.042.  FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.  Programs for the training and education of state administrators and employees materially aid effective state administration, and public money spent on those programs serves an important public purpose.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 656.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 656 - Job Notices and Training|Subchapter C. Training|Section 656.043. Definition

Sec. 656.043.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "state agency" means a department, agency, or institution of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government, including an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 366 (H.B. 3337), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Govt Code § 656.044 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 656 - Job Notices and Training|Subchapter C. Training|Section 656.044. Public Funds for Training and Education

Sec. 656.044.  PUBLIC FUNDS FOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION.  A state agency may use public funds to provide training and education for its administrators and employees.  The training or education must be related to the duties or prospective duties of the administrator or employee.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|