Texas Finance Code - Section 15.313. Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
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§ 15.313. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY. (a) The
commissioner or a person designated by the commissioner shall
prepare and maintain a written policy statement to assure
implementation of a program of equal employment opportunity under
which all personnel transactions are made without regard to race,
color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin. The
policy statement must include:
(1) personnel policies, including policies relating
to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and
promotion of personnel that comply with requirements of Chapter 21,
Labor Code;
(2) a comprehensive analysis of the department
workforce that meets federal and state law, including rules and
regulations, and instructions adopted directly from that law;
(3) procedures by which a determination can be made
about the extent of underuse in the department workforce of all
persons for whom federal or state laws, including rules and
regulations, and instructions adopted directly from that law,
encourage a more equitable balance; and
(4) reasonable methods to appropriately address those
areas of underuse.
(b) A policy statement prepared under Subsection (a) must:
(1) cover an annual period;
(2) be updated annually and reviewed by the Commission
on Human Rights for compliance with Subsection (a)(1); and
(3) be filed with the governor's office.
(c) The governor's office shall deliver a biennial report to
the legislature based on the information received under Subsection
(b). The report may be made separately or as a part of other
biennial reports made to the legislature.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, § 7.13(a), eff. Sept. 1,
1999.
Section: 15.306 15.307 15.308 15.309 15.310 15.311 15.312 15.313 15.401 15.402 15.4021 15.4022 15.4023 15.403 15.4031
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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