| 1 | 1 | | 88R9720 JCG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Harrison H.B. No. 4248 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 the employment of certain executive heads of state |
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| 8 | 8 | | agencies and employees reporting to those executive heads. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 669, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | CHAPTER 669. RESTRICTIONS [ON CERTAIN ACTIONS] INVOLVING CERTAIN |
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| 13 | 13 | | STATE EMPLOYEES [EXECUTIVE HEAD OF STATE AGENCY] |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 669, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 15 | 15 | | adding Section 669.005 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 669.005. LIMITATION ON EMPLOYMENT DURATION FOR CERTAIN |
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| 17 | 17 | | POSITIONS; DUTY TO REVIEW. (a) This section applies only to: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) the executive head of a state agency that is |
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| 19 | 19 | | governed by a governing body; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) an employee in a position that reports directly to |
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| 21 | 21 | | the executive head described by Subdivision (1). |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) An individual may not serve as the executive head of a |
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| 23 | 23 | | state agency, or in a position that reports directly to the |
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| 24 | 24 | | executive head of the state agency, for a period that exceeds 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | years. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) Not later than the fifth anniversary of the date an |
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| 27 | 27 | | individual is employed: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) as the executive head of a state agency, the |
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| 29 | 29 | | governing body of the state agency shall review the individual's |
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| 30 | 30 | | performance and determine whether to terminate the individual's |
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| 31 | 31 | | employment; or |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) in a position that reports directly to the |
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| 33 | 33 | | executive head of the state agency, the executive head shall review |
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| 34 | 34 | | the individual's performance and determine whether to terminate the |
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| 35 | 35 | | individual's employment. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 37 | 37 | | to a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act. A contract entered into before the effective date of this Act |
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| 39 | 39 | | is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was |
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| 40 | 40 | | entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 41 | 41 | | purpose. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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