Tex. Gov't Code § 672.002 · Chapter 672. EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE FOR FORMER FOSTER CHILDREN
EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An individual who was under the permanent managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services on the day preceding the individual's 18th birthday is entitled to a preference in employment with a state agency over other applicants for the same position who do not have a greater qualification.
(b) This chapter does not apply to:
(1) the position of private secretary or deputy of an official or department; or
(2) an individual holding a strictly confidential relation to the employing officer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1116 (H.B. 1043), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.672.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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