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Tex. Gov't Code § 658.012

AGENCY TELEWORK PLAN

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1118 (H.B. 5196), Sec. 3, eff

(a) A state agency that authorizes telework under Section 658.011 shall develop a plan that addresses the agency's telework policies and procedures. An agency telework plan must:

(1) establish:

(A) criteria for evaluating the ability of an employee to satisfactorily perform the employee's job duties while teleworking;

(B) performance standards that ensure a teleworking employee maintains satisfactory performance;

(C) a system for monitoring the productivity of a teleworking employee that ensures that the employee's work remains satisfactory and that the employee's duties remain suitable for telework; and

(D) appropriate physical and information security controls at teleworking sites;

(2) ensure that a teleworking employee is subject to the same rules and disciplinary actions as any other agency employee; and

(3) prohibit a teleworking employee from conducting in-person business at the employee's personal residence.

(b) A state agency that develops an agency telework plan under this section shall publish the agency's telework plan on the agency's publicly accessible Internet website.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.