H.B. No. 426
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 into an online database from which
the applicant may electronically send the application to multiple
state agencies.
(c) The Texas Workforce Commission shall:
(1) prescribe a standard electronic format for the
online application described by Subsection (b); and
(2) ensure that the commission's online system allows
an applicant to submit and a state agency to receive an online
application for state agency employment.
(d) A state agency shall accept an application for an
employment opening from the online system maintained by the Texas
Workforce Commission.
(e) 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 426 was passed by the House on April
28, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 426 was passed by the Senate on May
20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor