Sec. 2054.456. ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION RESOURCES BY STATE EMPLOYEES WITH DISABILITIES. (a) Each state agency shall, in developing, procuring, maintaining, or using electronic and information resources, ensure that state employees with disabilities have access to and the use of those resources comparable to the access and use available to state employees without disabilities, unless compliance with this section imposes a significant difficulty or expense on the agency under Section 2054.460. Subject to Section 2054.460, the agency shall take reasonable steps to ensure that a disabled employee has reasonable access to perform the employee's duties.
(b) This section does not require a state agency to install specific accessibility-related software or attach an assistive technology device at a workstation of a state employee.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 750 (H.B. 2819), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
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