Sec. 31.043.  EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY;  REPORT.  (a)  The commissioner or the commissioner'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)  personnel policies, including policies relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel that are in compliance with Chapter 21, Labor Code;
(2)  a comprehensive analysis of the department workforce that meets federal and state guidelines;
(3)  procedures by which a determination can be made of significant underuse in the department workforce 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 this section must:
(1)  cover an annual period;
(2)  be updated annually;
(3)  be reviewed by the Commission on Human Rights for compliance with Subsection (a);  and
(4)  be filed with the governor.
(c)  The governor 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 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 101, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.