Amend CSHB 1, Article IX, Sec. 62, by adding a new subsection
after the end of Subsection (b) on Page IX-68:
      (c)  To further foster, support, and reward outstanding
performance, ongoing productivity improvements and innovative
improvement programs, and to retain key high performing employees,
qualified state agencies may expend amounts necessary from funds
appropriated in this Act for the purposes of enhancing compensation
for employees who directly contributed to such improvements. To be
eligible for this provision, an agency must:
            (1)  Achieve or exceed targets for 80% of the
established key performance measures for fiscal year 1996 as
reflected in the "Summary Assessment of Agency Performance: Fiscal
Year 1996" produced by the Legislative Budget Board and submitted
to the 75th Texas Legislature; and,
            (2)  Have an unqualified certification for at least 70%
of its performance measures by the State Auditor's Office as
reflected in the "Summary Assessment of Agency Performance: Fiscal
Year 1996" produced by the Legislative Budget Board and submitted
to the 75th Texas Legislature. If an agency has not been subject to
this review, then the most recent certification review will apply.
            (3)  File a report with the Legislative Budget Board,
Governor's Office of Budget and Planning, House Appropriations
Committee, and Senate Finance Committee describing the success of
the innovative program and criteria used to assess the
improvements.
      In addition, sixty days prior to implementation, qualified
agencies are required to file a report with the Legislative Budget
Board, Governor's Office of Budget and Planning, House
Appropriations Committee, and Senate Finance Committee describing
in detail how they intend to use this flexibility to further the
goals of this section.