| 1 | 1 | | 86R2911 AAF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Price H.B. No. 1920 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to workforce and succession planning by state agencies. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 321, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | adding Section 321.024 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 321.024. STATE AGENCY'S WORKFORCE AND SUCCESSION PLAN. |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by |
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| 13 | 13 | | Section 2056.001. |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) The State Auditor shall include in the State Auditor's |
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| 15 | 15 | | annual report on classified employee turnover: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) a list of each state agency that has submitted the |
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| 17 | 17 | | workforce and succession plan under Section 2056.0021 and each |
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| 18 | 18 | | state agency that has failed to submit a plan under that section; |
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| 19 | 19 | | and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) a thorough and comprehensive summary of the types |
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| 21 | 21 | | and extent of workforce and succession planning completed by state |
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| 22 | 22 | | agencies. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 2056.0021, Government Code, is amended |
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| 24 | 24 | | to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 2056.0021. WORKFORCE AND SUCCESSION PLANNING. (a) As |
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| 26 | 26 | | part of the strategic plan required under Section 2056.002, a state |
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| 27 | 27 | | agency shall conduct a strategic staffing analysis and develop a |
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| 28 | 28 | | workforce and succession plan, according to guidelines developed by |
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| 29 | 29 | | the state auditor, to address critical staffing and training needs |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the agency, including the need for experienced employees to |
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| 31 | 31 | | impart knowledge to their potential successors. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) The workforce and succession plan developed by a state |
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| 33 | 33 | | agency under Subsection (a) must include: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) provisions that: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (A) identify and develop mechanisms to ensure the |
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| 36 | 36 | | transfer of institutional knowledge from experienced and retiring |
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| 37 | 37 | | employees who are not appointed by the governor or the governing |
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| 38 | 38 | | body of the state agency to succeeding employees; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | (B) identify the skills and abilities necessary |
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| 40 | 40 | | for the development of the succeeding employees; and |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) a report on the implementation of the mechanisms, |
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| 42 | 42 | | skills, and abilities identified and developed in the previous |
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| 43 | 43 | | workforce and succession plan. |
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| 44 | 44 | | (c) A state agency shall include in the state agency's |
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| 45 | 45 | | legislative appropriations request a provision stating whether the |
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| 46 | 46 | | state agency has developed a workforce and succession plan as |
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| 47 | 47 | | required by this section. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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