By: Henderson S.B. No. 385
73R4798 JD-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the responsibility of the General Services Commission
1-3 and other state agencies in certain personnel matters.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 ARTICLE 1. OFFICE OF CENTRAL PERSONNEL SERVICES
1-6 SECTION 1.01. CENTRAL PERSONNEL OFFICE. The State
1-7 Purchasing and General Services Act (Article 601b, Vernon's Texas
1-8 Civil Statutes) is amended by adding Article 15 to read as follows:
1-9 ARTICLE 15. OFFICE OF CENTRAL PERSONNEL SERVICES
1-10 Sec. 15.01. OFFICE. The office of central personnel
1-11 services is a division of the commission. The office is under the
1-12 direction of a division director who is employed by the executive
1-13 director of the commission.
1-14 Sec. 15.02. RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICE. (a) The office by
1-15 rule shall:
1-16 (1) help coordinate the personnel practices of state
1-17 agencies;
1-18 (2) make recommendations to state agencies on their
1-19 personnel practices; and
1-20 (3) offer to state agencies various personnel
1-21 services, including services relating to job applications, job
1-22 postings, job descriptions, job and personnel classifications,
1-23 employee salaries, wellness and health fitness programs, training
1-24 programs, equal employment opportunity, staff reductions in force,
2-1 outplacement services, employee attitude surveys, employee
2-2 grievance and mediation procedures, and other basic personnel
2-3 policies.
2-4 (b) State agencies may implement personnel policies based on
2-5 the recommendations of the office.
2-6 ARTICLE 2. REVIEW OF POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN
2-7 SECTION 2.01. DEFINITIONS. In this article:
2-8 (1) "Commission" means the General Services
2-9 Commission.
2-10 (2) "Position classification plan" means the plan
2-11 established under the Position Classification Act of 1961 (Article
2-12 6252-11, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
2-13 SECTION 2.02. DUTIES OF COMMISSION. (a) The commission
2-14 shall review the position classification plan and advise the
2-15 governor and the legislature with respect to improving the plan.
2-16 (b) The commission shall contract with a private consultant
2-17 to conduct a study as a basis for the commission to use in making
2-18 recommendations on:
2-19 (1) pay for performance;
2-20 (2) market-based salaries;
2-21 (3) evaluation procedures;
2-22 (4) dual-pay structures for classified and
2-23 professional employees;
2-24 (5) employee incentive programs; and
2-25 (6) other relevant compensation and benefits issues.
2-26 SECTION 2.03. COOPERATION OF CERTAIN STATE AGENCIES IN
2-27 CONDUCT OF STUDY. The state auditor, the comptroller, and the
3-1 Employees Retirement System of Texas shall:
3-2 (1) cooperate with and assist the consultant selected
3-3 to conduct the study; and
3-4 (2) provide staff to assist the consultant and the
3-5 commission as necessary for the performance of the consultant's and
3-6 the commission's duties under this article.
3-7 SECTION 2.04. WORK PLAN; STEERING COMMITTEE. (a) The
3-8 commission shall adopt a work plan and establish a steering
3-9 committee to assist in the review of the position classification
3-10 plan.
3-11 (b) The work plan shall clearly articulate the goals of the
3-12 position classification plan.
3-13 (c) The steering committee shall be composed of personnel
3-14 officers of state agencies and institutions of higher education and
3-15 members of the staffs of the governor, lieutenant governor, and
3-16 speaker of the house.
3-17 SECTION 2.05. DESIGN OF CLASSIFICATION PLAN. In addition to
3-18 the review of the position classification plan, the commission
3-19 shall:
3-20 (1) design a classification system that accomplishes
3-21 the goals that the system should have and determine the costs and
3-22 benefits associated with that classification system; and
3-23 (2) provide recommendations about whether:
3-24 (A) the legislature should continue to authorize
3-25 across-the-board salary increases for state officers and employees;
3-26 (B) agencies should be required to support
3-27 requests for funding of employee salary increases with documented
4-1 employee performance reports and relevant market-based salary
4-2 information; and
4-3 (C) the commission should administer the state's
4-4 employee insurance plan.
4-5 SECTION 2.06. ASSISTANCE FROM STATE AGENCIES. The
4-6 commission may require any state agency to assist the commission
4-7 and provide information required for the commission to perform its
4-8 duties under this article, and each agency shall cooperate with the
4-9 commission in that regard.
4-10 SECTION 2.07. REPORT. The commission shall complete its
4-11 duties under this article, report its findings, and make its
4-12 recommendations before November 1, 1994.
4-13 SECTION 2.08. EXPIRATION DATE. This article expires January
4-14 1, 1995.
4-15 ARTICLE 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; EMERGENCY
4-16 SECTION 3.01. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
4-17 September 1, 1993.
4-18 SECTION 3.02. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
4-19 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.