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Tex. Occupations Code § 152.059

This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 152.059, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.

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§ 152.059. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY; REPORT.

Official statutory text

(a) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to assure implementation of an equal employment opportunity program under which all personnel decisions 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 requirements adopted under Chapter 21, Labor Code;

(2) a comprehensive analysis of the board's workforce that meets federal and state guidelines;

(3) procedures by which a determination can be made of significant underuse in the board's 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 Subsection (a) must:

(1) cover an annual period;

(2) be updated annually and reviewed by the Commission on Human Rights for compliance with requirements adopted under Chapter 21, Labor Code; and

(3) 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.

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