Texas Government Code Title 6, Chapter 656 - Job Notices And Training

SUBCHAPTER A EMPLOYMENT OPENINGS

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 656.002 - 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...

SUBCHAPTER B JOB NOTICES

• Texas Section 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)...
• Texas Section 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)...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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.,...
• Texas Section 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...

SUBCHAPTER C TRAINING

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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.
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 656.045 - Required Attendance At Program
  A state agency may require an administrator or employee of the agency to attend, as all or part of the administrator's or employee's duties, a...
• Texas Section 656.046 - Purposes Of Program
  A state agency's training and educational program may include: (1) preparing for technological and legal developments; (2) increasing work capabilities; (3) increasing the number of...
• Texas Section 656.047 - Payment Of Program Expenses
  (a) Except as provided by this section or other law, a state agency may spend public funds as appropriate to pay the salary, tuition and...
• Texas Section 656.048 - Rules Relating To Training And Education
  (a) A state agency shall adopt rules relating to: (1) the eligibility of the agency's administrators and employees for training and education supported by the...

SUBCHAPTER D RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN TRAINING

• Texas Section 656.049 - Authority To Contract
  A state agency may contract with another state, local, or federal department, agency, or institution, including a state-supported college or university, to train or educate...
• Texas Section 656.101 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 656.043. (1-a) "State employee" has the meaning assigned by Section 572.002. (2) "Training"...
• Texas Section 656.102 - Agency Policy
  (a) Before a state agency spends any money on training for a state employee, the state agency must adopt a policy governing the training of...
• Texas Section 656.103 - Restrictions
  (a) If a state employee receives training that is paid for by a state agency, and during the training period the employee does not perform...
• Texas Section 656.104 - Liability
  If a state employee does not provide the services required in accordance with Section 656.103(a)(1), provides those services for less than the required term, or...

Last modified: September 28, 2016