84R1817 TSR-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 426
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the acceptance of employment applications through the
online system for listing state agency employment openings
maintained by the Texas Workforce Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 656, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 656.002 to read as follows:
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 and any additional documents
required to be submitted with the application into an online
database from which the applicant may electronically send the
application and documents to multiple state agencies.
(c) A state agency shall accept an application for an
employment opening from the online system maintained by the Texas
Workforce Commission.
(d) 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.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.