Sec. 2306.064.  EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.  (a)  The director or the director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to ensure 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)  a comprehensive analysis of the department work force that meets federal and state guidelines;
(2)  personnel policies, including policies relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel;
(3)  procedures by which a determination can be made of significant underuse in the department work force of all persons for whom federal or state guidelines encourage a more equitable balance;  and
(4)  reasonable methods to appropriately address those areas of significant underuse.
(b)  A policy statement prepared under Subsection (a) must cover an annual period, be updated at least annually, and 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 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.