Title HR, Human Resources Code

Sec. 122.0058. APPLICATION OF OPEN MEETINGS LAW, OPEN RECORDS LAW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE LAW TO ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The advisory committee established under Section 122.0057 is subject to the requirements of the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code, the open rec…

Sec. 122.007. FAIR MARKET PRICE; PURCHASING PROCEDURES. (a) The workforce commission shall determine the fair market price of all products and services manufactured or provided by persons with disabilities and offered for sale to the various agencies and departments of the state …

Sec. 122.0076. WAGE REQUIREMENTS. (a) A community rehabilitation program may not participate in the program administered under this chapter unless each worker with a disability employed by the program is paid at least the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair Labor Standards…

Sec. 122.008. PROCUREMENT AT DETERMINED PRICE. A suitable product or service that meets applicable specifications established by the state or its political subdivisions and that is available within the time specified must be procured from a community rehabilitation program at the…

Sec. 122.009. RECORDS. The records of the workforce commission and of a central nonprofit agency shall, to the extent that the records pertain specifically to state purchases of the products and services of persons with disabilities, be made available upon request to the inspecti…

Sec. 122.0095. AGENCY COMPLIANCE; NONPROGRAM PURCHASING REPORT. (a) Each state agency that purchases products or services through a program under this chapter shall: (1) designate an agency employee to ensure that the agency complies with this chapter; and (2) report to the compt…

Sec. 122.010. COOPERATION WITH DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. The workforce commission may cooperate with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to accomplish the purposes of this chapter and to contribute to the economy of state government. The workforce commission and the de…

Sec. 122.011. CORRELATION WITH RELATED FEDERAL PROGRAMS. The workforce commission may adopt procedures, practices, and standards used for federal programs similar to the state program established in this chapter. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 460, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 199…

Sec. 122.012. DUTIES OF COMPTROLLER; INTERAGENCY COOPERATION. (a) The comptroller shall cooperate with, and provide any necessary support to, the workforce commission in accordance with legislative appropriation. (b) State agencies responsible for the provision of rehabilitation …

Sec. 122.013. RULES. (a) The workforce commission shall adopt rules for the implementation, extension, administration, or improvement of the program authorized by this chapter in accordance with Chapter 2001, Government Code. (b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 672 , …

Sec. 122.014. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS. Except as otherwise provided by this section, a product manufactured for sale through the comptroller to any office, department, institution, or agency of the state under this chapter shall be manufactured or produced according to specificati…

Sec. 122.015. DETERMINATIONS OF FAIR MARKET VALUE. (a) In determining the fair market value of products or services offered for sale under this chapter, the workforce commission shall give due consideration to the following type of factors: (1) to the extent applicable, the amoun…

Sec. 122.016. EXCEPTIONS. (a) Exceptions from the operation of the mandatory provisions of Section 122.014 may be made in any case where: (1) under the rules of the comptroller, the product or service so produced or provided does not meet the reasonable requirements of the office…

Sec. 122.017. PROCUREMENT FOR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. A product manufactured for sale to a political subdivision of this state or an office or department thereof shall be manufactured or produced according to specifications developed by the purchaser. A political subdivision of t…

Sec. 122.018. POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS EXCLUDED. There are excluded from the mandatory application of this chapter the political subdivisions of the state that are not covered by Title V of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. Sections 791 through 794f). Th…

Sec. 122.019. CENTRAL NONPROFIT AGENCY. (a) The workforce commission may select and contract with one or more central nonprofit agencies through a request for proposals for a period not to exceed five years. Once the selection process is completed, the workforce commission may co…

Sec. 122.020. CONSUMER INFORMATION; COMPLAINTS. (a) The workforce commission shall prepare information of consumer interest describing the activities of the workforce commission under this chapter and describing the workforce commission's procedures by which consumer complaints a…

Sec. 122.0205. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. (a) A dispute between the workforce commission and a central nonprofit agency or a community rehabilitation program shall first be submitted to alternative dispute resolution. (b) This section does not constitute authorization to sue…

Sec. 122.0215. ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND RECORDS; INSPECTION. (a) The workforce commission may access financial or other information and records from a central nonprofit agency or a community rehabilitation program if the workforce commission determines the information and record…

Sec. 122.022. REPORTS. (a) The workforce commission shall include in the commission's supplemental annual report to the governor and the legislature under Section 301.065(c), Labor Code, a financial report in the form prescribed by Section 2101.011, Government Code, relating to t…

Sec. 122.023. FUNDS. All money paid to the workforce commission under this chapter is subject to Subchapter F, Chapter 404, Government Code. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 460, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 672 (S.B. 212), Sec. 22, ef…

Sec. 122.024. STRATEGIC PLAN; FINAL OPERATING PLAN. The workforce commission shall prepare a strategic plan and a final operating plan relating to the workforce commission's activities under this chapter as required by Subchapter E, Chapter 2054, Government Code. Added by Acts 19…

Sec. 122.026. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW. Chapters 252, 262, and 271, Local Government Code, do not supersede this chapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 10, eff. Aug. 28, 1995. Renumbered from Human Resources Code Sec. 122.020 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. …

Sec. 122.028. PROGRAM PROMOTION. The workforce commission shall establish procedures for the promotion of the program administered under this chapter. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 132, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 672 (S.B. 212), …

Sec. 122.029. DUTIES OF STATE AUDITOR. (a) As part of an audit of a state agency authorized under Section 2161.123, Government Code, the state auditor shall: (1) conduct an audit of a state agency for compliance with this chapter; and (2) report to the workforce commission a stat…

Sec. 122.030. MANAGEMENT FEE RATE; REVIEW PROCESS. (a) The workforce commission shall develop a formal review process for the annual review conducted under Section 122.019(e). The review process must include: (1) notice to affected parties, including community rehabilitation prog…