Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1328 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R9810 JG-D
2	2	By: Flynn H.B. No. 1328
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the operations and functions of the Veterans' Land
8	8	Board and the sunset review date for and programs administered by
9	9	the board.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 161.0111, Natural Resources Code, is
12	12	amended to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 161.0111. SUNSET PROVISION. The Veterans' Land Board
14	14	is subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
15	15	Sunset Act), but is not abolished under that chapter. The board
16	16	shall be reviewed during the period in which state agencies
17	17	abolished in 2031 are reviewed [2019] and every 12th year after that
18	18	[2019 are reviewed].
19	19	SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 161, Natural Resources
20	20	Code, is amended by adding Section 161.0141 to read as follows:
21	21	Sec. 161.0141. SEPARATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES. The board
22	22	shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the
23	23	policy-making responsibilities of the board and the management
24	24	responsibilities of the executive secretary, assistant executive
25	25	secretary, and staff of the board.
26	26	SECTION 3. Section 161.023, Natural Resources Code, is
27	27	amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to
28	28	read as follows:
29	29	(b) The training program must provide the person with
30	30	information regarding:
31	31	(1) the law governing board operations [the
32	32	legislation that created the board];
33	33	(2) the programs, functions, rules, and budget of the
34	34	board;
35	35	(3) the scope of and limitations on the rulemaking
36	36	authority of the board;
37	37	(4) the results of the most recent formal audit of the
38	38	board;
39	39	(5) [(4)] the requirements of:
40	40	(A) laws relating to open meetings, public
41	41	information, administrative procedure, and disclosure of conflicts
42	42	of interest; and
43	43	(B) other laws applicable to members of a state
44	44	policy-making body in performing their duties; and
45	45	(6) [(5)] any applicable ethics policies adopted by
46	46	the board or the Texas Ethics Commission.
47	47	(d) The commissioner shall create a training manual that
48	48	includes the information required by Subsection (b). The
49	49	commissioner shall distribute a copy of the training manual
50	50	annually to each member of the board. On receipt of the training
51	51	manual, each member of the board shall sign and submit to the
52	52	commissioner a statement acknowledging receipt of the training
53	53	manual.
54	54	SECTION 4. Section 161.031(a), Natural Resources Code, is
55	55	amended to read as follows:
56	56	(a) The executive secretary or his or her designee shall
57	57	prepare and maintain a written plan to assure implementation of a
58	58	program of equal employment opportunity whereby all personnel
59	59	transactions are made without regard to race, color, disability
60	60	[handicap], sex, religion, age, or national origin. The plan shall
61	61	include:
62	62	(1) a comprehensive analysis which meets federal and
63	63	state guidelines of all the agency's work force by race, sex, ethnic
64	64	origin, class of position, and salary or wages;
65	65	(2) plans for recruitment, evaluation, selection,
66	66	appointment, training, promotion, and other personnel policies;
67	67	(3) procedures by which a determination can be made of
68	68	significant underutilization in the agency work force of all
69	69	persons for whom federal and state guidelines encourage a more
70	70	equitable balance and steps reasonably designed to overcome any
71	71	identified underutilization; and
72	72	(4) objectives and goals, with appropriate timetables
73	73	for the achievement of the objectives and goals, assignments of
74	74	responsibility for their achievement, and an appropriate program
75	75	for reviewing and maintaining these goals and objectives once
76	76	achieved.
77	77	SECTION 5. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
78	78	section, Section 161.023, Natural Resources Code, as amended by
79	79	this Act, applies to a member of the Veterans' Land Board appointed
80	80	before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
81	81	(b) A member of the Veterans' Land Board who, before the
82	82	effective date of this Act, completed the training program required
83	83	by Section 161.023, Natural Resources Code, as that law existed
84	84	before the effective date of this Act, is required to complete
85	85	additional training only on subjects added by this Act to the
86	86	training program as required by Section 161.023, Natural Resources
87	87	Code, as amended by this Act. A board member described by this
88	88	subsection may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in
89	89	attendance at a meeting of the board held on or after December 1,
90	90	2019, until the member completes the additional training.
91	91	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.