Sec. 2152.109.  EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY.  (a)  The executive director or the executive director's designated representative shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to assure implementation of a program of equal employment opportunity under which all personnel transactions are made without regard to race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin.  The policy statement must include:
(1)  personnel policies, including policies relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel, that comply with Chapter 21, Labor Code;
(2)  a comprehensive analysis of the commission's workforce that meets federal and state guidelines;
(3)  procedures by which a determination can be made of significant underuse in the commission's workforce of all individuals for whom federal or state guidelines encourage a more equitable balance;  and
(4)  reasonable methods to appropriately address areas of significant underuse.
(b)  A policy statement prepared under Subsection (a) must:
(1)  cover an annual period;
(2)  be updated at least annually;
(3)  be reviewed annually by the Commission on Human Rights for compliance with Subsection (a)(1);  and
(4)  be filed with the governor's office.
(c)  The governor's office shall deliver a biennial report to the legislature based on the information received under Subsection (b).  The report may be made separately or as a part of other biennial reports made to the legislature.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.