Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 654.0125. EXEMPTION OF POSITIONS BY GOVERNOR. (a) Appropriated money may not be used to pay the salary of a person in a position exempted from the position classification plan by the governor under Section 654.012(8)(A) unless the position is a bona fide new position establi…

Sec. 654.013. DEFERRAL FROM POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN. Nonacademic employments in state institutions of higher education are deferred from the application of the position classification plan until the governor orders or the legislature directs otherwise. Added by Acts 1993, 73…

Sec. 654.014. APPOINTMENTS TO CONFORM WITH POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN AND GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT. (a) Each employment to which this subchapter applies shall conform to: (1) the classes of work described in the position classification plan; (2) the titles authorized by the p…

Sec. 654.015. QUALIFICATION GUIDELINES AND SPECIFICATIONS IN POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN. General qualification guidelines in the position classification plan, including specifications for experience, training, education, knowledge, skills, abilities, and physical conditions: (1…

Sec. 654.0155. PERIODIC REVIEW OF POSITIONS. To ensure that each position is properly classified, each employing state entity subject to this chapter: (1) shall annually review individual job assignments within the entity; and (2) may perform a monthly review of job assignments. …

Sec. 654.0156. RECLASSIFICATION. (a) An employing state entity subject to this chapter may reclassify a position to another title in the position classification plan: (1) in response to a classification review; or (2) as a result of a program reorganization by the administrative …

Sec. 654.016. NEW CLASS OR KIND OF WORK. (a) A governing board or a chief executive of an agency needing to employ a person in a class or kind of work that is subject to but not described in the position classification plan shall notify the classification officer of the situation…

Sec. 654.031. POSITION OF CLASSIFICATION OFFICER. The position of classification officer is in the office of the state auditor. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 654.032. APPOINTMENT OF CLASSIFICATION OFFICER. The state auditor shall appoint the classification officer, subject to the advice and approval of the Legislative Audit Committee. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 654.033. QUALIFICATIONS OF CLASSIFICATION OFFICER. To be eligible for appointment as classification officer, an individual must have: (1) at least six years' experience in position classification or human resource management; or (2) a period of experience equivalent to that …

Sec. 654.034. SALARY OF CLASSIFICATION OFFICER. The classification officer is entitled to the salary set by the General Appropriations Act. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 654.035. FIRST ASSISTANT CLASSIFICATION OFFICER. The classification officer, subject to the approval of the state auditor and the Legislative Audit Committee, may appoint a first assistant classification officer to whom the classification officer may delegate the statutory p…

Sec. 654.036. GENERAL DUTIES OF CLASSIFICATION OFFICER. The classification officer shall: (1) maintain and keep current the position classification plan; (2) advise and assist state agencies in equitably and uniformly applying the plan; (3) conduct classification compliance audit…

Sec. 654.037. SALARY STUDIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS. (a) The classification officer shall: (1) make periodic studies of salary rates in other governmental units and in industry for similar work performed in state government; and (2) report the classification officer's findings from …

Sec. 654.0375. MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY CODE IDENTIFICATION; REPORT. (a) Each state fiscal biennium the classification officer shall research and identify the military occupational specialty code for each branch of the armed forces of the United States that corresponds to …

Sec. 654.038. CLASSIFICATION COMPLIANCE AUDITS; NOTIFICATION AND VOLUNTARY CORRECTION OF NONCONFORMITY. (a) The classification officer shall notify the governor, the comptroller, the Legislative Audit Committee, and the chief executive of the agency in writing when a classificati…

Sec. 654.039. REPORT OF INACTION. The classification officer shall make a written report of the facts to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board if the chief executive of an agency does not comply with Section 654.038(b) before the 21st day after the date of the classificat…

Sec. 654.040. ACTION BY GOVERNOR. In response to a report under Section 654.039, the governor may determine, after consultation with the Legislative Audit Committee, the action to be taken to resolve a nonconformity. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1…

Sec. 654.041. EXAMINATION FOR COMPLIANCE BY STATE AUDITOR; REPORTS. The state auditor, subject to a risk assessment and to the Legislative Audit Committee's approval of including the examination in the audit plan under Section 321.013, may: (1) examine or cause to be examined, in…

Sec. 654.042. ASSISTANCE FROM STATE AUDITOR. The state auditor may provide assistance to the classification officer using money appropriated for that purpose. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 654.043. FREE USE OF COMPTROLLER'S DATA PROCESSING CENTER. The classification officer may use, without charge, the comptroller's data processing center to process position classification information when the center is available. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1…

Sec. 654.061. CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER LAWS. (a) This chapter does not affect the authority of a governing body or a chief executive of an agency under another law to employ persons or promote or dismiss employees. (b) This chapter does not authorize an increase in the number of p…

Sec. 654.062. CONFLICT WITH LAWS RELATING TO EMPLOYEE MERIT SYSTEMS IN CERTAIN AGENCIES. Sections 654.015 and 654.061 do not abrogate statutory authorization for a state agency to operate under an employee merit system as a condition for qualifying for federal grants-in-aid. A me…