Texas Government Code Title 6, Chapter 654 - Position Classification

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 654.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Position Classification Act. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

SUBCHAPTER B POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN

• Texas Section 654.002 - Position Classification Plan
  In this chapter, the position classification plan is the Texas Position Classification Plan, 1961, that was filed with the governor, as changed under this chapter,...
• Texas Section 654.011 - Application Of Position Classification Plan
  (a) The position classification plan and the salary rates and provisions in the General Appropriations Act apply to all hourly, part-time, temporary, and regular, full-time...
• Texas Section 654.012 - Exceptions From Position Classification Plan
  The position classification plan does not apply to: (1) a constitutional officer or official; (2) an elected officer or official; (3) an officer appointed by...
• Texas Section 654.0125 - Exemption Of Positions By Governor
  (a) Appropriated money may not be used to pay the salary of a person in a position exempted from the position classification plan by the...
• Texas Section 654.013 - Deferral From Position Classification Plan
  Nonacademic employments in state institutions of higher education are deferred from the application of the position classification plan until the governor orders or the legislature...
• Texas Section 654.014 - Appointments To Conform With Position Classification Plan And General Appropriations Act
  (a) Each employment to which this subchapter applies shall conform to: (1) the classes of work described in the position classification plan; (2) the titles...
• Texas Section 654.015 - Qualification Guidelines And Specifications In Position Classification Plan
  General qualification guidelines in the position classification plan, including specifications for experience, training, education, knowledge, skills, abilities, and physical conditions: (1) are only meant to...
• Texas Section 654.0155 - Periodic Review Of Positions
  To ensure that each position is properly classified, each employing state entity subject to this chapter: (1) shall annually review individual job assignments within the...
• Texas Section 654.0156 - Reclassification
  (a) An employing state entity subject to this chapter may reclassify a position to another title in the position classification plan: (1) in response to...

SUBCHAPTER C CLASSIFICATION OFFICER

• Texas Section 654.016 - New Class Or Kind Of Work
  (a) A governing board or a chief executive of an agency needing to employ a person in a class or kind of work that is...
• Texas Section 654.031 - Position Of Classification Officer
  The position of classification officer is in the office of the state auditor. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 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.,...
• Texas Section 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;...
• Texas Section 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....
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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....

SUBCHAPTER D OTHER LAWS

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016