Tex. Agric. Code Section 12.013
Employees


(a)

The department may employ personnel as the duties of the department require. The commissioner shall provide to the department’s employees, as often as necessary, information regarding their qualifications for employment and their responsibilities under applicable laws relating to standards of conduct for state employees.

(b)

The commissioner or the commissioner’s designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations that are based on documented employee performance. All merit pay for department employees must be based on the system established under this subsection.

(c)

The commissioner or the commissioner’s designee shall develop an intraagency career ladder program that addresses opportunities for mobility and advancement for employees within the department. The program shall require intraagency postings of all positions concurrently with any public posting.

(d)

The commissioner or the commissioner’s designee 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 the requirements of Chapter 21 (Employment Discrimination), Labor Code;

(2)

a comprehensive analysis of the department work force that meets federal and state guidelines;

(3)

procedures by which a determination can be made about the extent of 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 underuse.

(e)

A policy statement prepared under Subsection (d) of this section must cover an annual period, be updated annually and reviewed by the Texas Commission on Human Rights for compliance with Subsection (d)(1) of this section, and be filed with the governor’s office.

(f)

The governor’s office shall deliver a biennial report to the legislature based on the information received under Subsection (e) of this section. The report may be made separately or as a part of other biennial reports made to the legislature.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1019, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 230, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 1.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source: Section 12.013 — Employees, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.­12.­htm#12.­013 (accessed Mar. 16, 2024).

12.001
Execution of Laws
12.002
Development of Agriculture
12.003
Agricultural Societies
12.006
Development of Domestic and Foreign Markets
12.007
Plant Diseases and Pests
12.010
Correspondence with Government Agencies and Others
12.0011
Authority to Enter into Cooperative Agreements
12.011
Agricultural Resource Statistics
12.0012
Notification
12.013
Employees
12.016
Rules
12.018
Testing
12.020
Administrative Penalties
12.021
Fee for Phytosanitation Inspection
12.022
Authority to Solicit and Accept Gifts, Grants, and Donations
12.023
Expiration of Registration or Licenses
12.024
Late Renewal of License or Registration
12.0025
Nutrition Programs
12.025
Program Accessibility Plan
12.0026
Interagency Farm-to-school Coordination Task Force
12.026
Public Interest Information
12.027
Economic Development Program
12.0027
Nutrition Outreach Program
12.0028
Limitation on Sanctions Imposed on School Districts for Sale of Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value
12.028
Competitive Bidding or Advertising
12.0029
Summer Nutrition Programs
12.029
Minority and Female-owned Business Contracts
12.031
Advertising, Publications, and Fees
12.032
Cooperation with State Office of Administrative Hearings
12.033
Multiple Licenses
12.034
Refund or Waiver of Fees
12.035
Notice to Examinee
12.036
Licensing Out-of-state Applicants
12.037
Continuing Education
12.038
Office of Rural Affairs
12.039
Certain Wine Produced or Bottled in This State
12.040
Texas Certified Retirement Community Program
12.041
School Breakfast and Lunch Program
12.042
Home-delivered Meal Grant Program
12.046
Texas Rural Investment Fund
12.047
Use of Technology
12.048
Obtaining Criminal History Record Information
12.050
Trade Agricultural Inspection Grant Program
12.051
Farmer Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program
12.0135
Conflict Provisions
12.0144
Fee Schedule
12.0145
Submission of Proposed Fee Schedule
12.0176
Cooperation with Certain Commodity Producers Boards
12.0177
Texas Nursery and Floral Account
12.0201
License Sanctions
12.0202
Administrative Hearings
12.0203
Negotiated Rulemaking and Alternative Dispute Resolution
12.0204
Advisory Committees
12.0205
Coordination of Consumer Protection Enforcement with Office of Attorney General
12.0261
Administrative Procedure
12.0271
Rural Economic Development and Investment Program
12.0272
Texas Economic Development Fund
12.0273
Limitations on Loans and Grants from Texas Economic Development Fund
12.02601
Complaints

Accessed:
Mar. 16, 2024

§ 12.013’s source at texas​.gov