PERSONNEL.

(a) The executive director shall employ personnel necessary for the performance of office functions. The equal employment opportunity officer and the internal auditor of the office of the governor shall serve the same functions for the office as they serve for the office of the governor. The internal auditor shall report directly to the governor and may consult with the executive director or the executive director's designee.

(b) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall provide to office employees, as often as necessary, information regarding their qualifications for employment under this chapter and their responsibilities under applicable laws relating to standards of conduct for state employees.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 814, Sec. 6.01(3).

(d) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop an intraagency career ladder program. The program shall require intraagency postings of all non-entry-level positions concurrently with any public posting.

(e) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations. All merit pay for office employees must be based on the system established under this subsection.

(f) The executive director or the executive director'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 are in compliance with requirements of the Commission on Human Rights;

(2) a comprehensive analysis of the office work force that meets federal and state guidelines;

(3) procedures by which a determination can be made of significant underuse in the office 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 significant underuse.

(g) A policy statement prepared under Subsection (f) must cover an annual period, be updated annually and reviewed by the Commission on Human Rights for compliance with Subsection (f)(1), and be filed with the governor's office.

(h) The governor's office shall deliver a biennial report to the legislature based on the information received under Subsection (g). The report may be made separately or as a part of other biennial reports made to the legislature.

(i) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 614, Sec. 4(11), eff. June 19, 2009.