HBA-EDN S.B. 520 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 520
By: Shapleigh
State Affairs
5/17/2001
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law requires state agencies to report to the Commission on Human
Rights (commission) the total number of persons by ethnicity and gender
hired for each job category, but does not require the commission's report
to include numerical and statistical data or percentages of state employees
who are of certain ethnic and gender groups.  This additional information
may be beneficial to facilitate hiring analysis, compare data, and document
hiring practices.  Senate Bill 520 modifies the contents of the annual
report of the Commission on Human Rights concerning certain hiring
practices to include, for five years preceding the current fiscal year,
numerical and graphical information regarding the total number and
percentage of employees of each state agency who are of specified ethnic
and gender groups. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

Senate Bill 520 amends the Labor Code to modify the contents of the annual
report of the Commission on Human Rights (commission) concerning certain
hiring practices to include, for five years preceding the current fiscal
year, numerical and graphical information regarding the total number and
percentage of employees of each state agency who are African American,
Hispanic American, female, and other persons hired for each job category.
S.B. 520 provides that the report must compare the information to any
information available to the commission relating to the state's civilian
labor force.  The bill requires the commission to send the report to each
member of the legislature if requested, in addition to the governor and the
Legislative Budget Board.     

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.