Section 253.006 - Career Ladder Program; Performance Evaluations(a) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program. The program must require the intra-agency postings of all nonentry level positions concurrently with any public posting.(b) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations. All merit pay for board employees must be based on the system established under this subsection. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.