{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-31.043","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 31.043","heading":"EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY; REPORT.","body":"(a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to ensure 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:\n(1) personnel policies, including policies relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel that are in compliance with Chapter 21, Labor Code;\n(2) a comprehensive analysis of the department workforce that meets federal and state guidelines;\n(3) procedures by which a determination can be made of significant underuse in the department workforce of all persons for whom federal or state guidelines encourage a more equitable balance; and\n(4) reasonable methods to appropriately address those areas of significant underuse.\n(b) A policy statement prepared under this section must:\n(1) cover an annual period;\n(2) be updated annually;\n(3) be reviewed by the Commission on Human Rights for compliance with Subsection (a); and\n(4) be filed with the governor.\n(c) The governor shall deliver a biennial report to the legislature based on the information received under Subsection (b). The report may be made separately or as a part of other biennial reports made to the legislature.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 101, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 2. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE","SUBTITLE A. ADMINISTRATION OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE","CHAPTER 31. ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT","SUBCHAPTER C. PERSONNEL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.31.htm#31.043","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"424339d6147f6ec8cae2ad725612f76edd7786fc4ba10c6c1f7130c411f1d2bf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-31.042","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-31.044"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}