Amend SB 645 by adding new appropriately numbered sections of
the bill to read as follows and by renumbering the remaining
sections of the bill as appropriate:
      SECTION ____.  Chapter 772, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 772.0031 to read as follows:
      Sec. 772.0031.  HUMAN RESOURCE TASK FORCE.  (a)  The Human
Resource Task Force is composed of a representative of:
            (1)  the governor's office, appointed by the governor;
            (2)  the state auditor's office, appointed by the state
auditor;
            (3)  the comptroller's office, appointed by the
comptroller;
            (4)  the attorney general's office, appointed by the
attorney general;
            (5)  the Commission on Human Rights, appointed by the
presiding officer of that agency;
            (6)  the Employees Retirement System of Texas,
appointed by the presiding officer of the board of trustees of that
agency;
            (7)  the Texas Workforce Commission, appointed by the
presiding officer of that agency;
            (8)  the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission,
appointed by the presiding officer of that agency;
            (9)  the Legislative Budget Board, appointed by the
presiding officer of the board;
            (10)  the State Agency Coordinating Council, appointed
by the presiding officer of that entity;
            (11)  the Texas Small State Agency Task Force,
appointed by the presiding officer of that entity; and
            (12)  the Texas State Personnel Administrators'
Association, appointed by the presiding officer of that entity; and
            (13)  each eligible state employee organization
certified by the comptroller under Section 403.0165, who must be
the chief elected representative of the organization.
      (b)  The representatives of the State Agency Coordinating
Council, the Texas Small State Agency Task Force, and the Texas
State Personnel Administrators' Association serve as nonvoting
members of the Human Resource Task Force.
      (c)  The representative of the governor's office serves as
the presiding officer of the task force.
      (d)  The task force shall meet at the call of the presiding
officer.
      (e)  A member of the task force is not entitled to
compensation but is entitled to reimbursement of travel expenses
incurred by the member while conducting the business of the task
force, as provided by the General Appropriations Act. The
appointing entity is responsible for the reimbursement of the
entity's appointee.
      (f)  The member entities of the task force shall provide the
staff for the task force.
      (g)  The task force shall:
            (1)  identify and develop strategies to coordinate
personnel policies and information dissemination within state
government;
            (2)  propose a method for the sharing and coordination
of human resource training activities among state agencies; and
            (3)  develop a "best practices" personnel manual to
assist state agencies in developing, adapting, and revising human
resource policies and implementing new programs.
      (h)  Not later than December 1, 1998, the task force shall
submit to the legislature a report on the task force's
recommendations and a draft of the "best practices" personnel
manual.
      (i)  This section expires and the Human Resource Task Force
is abolished on September 1, 1999.
      SECTION ____.  Chapter 651, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 651.004 to read as follows:
      Sec. 651.004.  MANAGEMENT-TO-STAFF RATIOS.  (a)  A state
agency shall develop procedures for use in achieving a
management-to-staff ratio of one manager for each 11 staff members.
      (b)  In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned
by Section 2052.101.
      SECTION ____.  Section 2052.103, Government Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:
      (a)  Not later than the last day of the first month following
each quarter of the fiscal year, a state agency shall file with the
state auditor a written report that provides for that fiscal
quarter:
            (1)  the number of full-time equivalent state employees
employed by the agency and paid from funds in the state treasury;
            (2)  the number of full-time equivalent state employees
employed by the agency and paid from funds outside of the state
treasury;
            (3)  the increase or decrease, if any, of the number of
full-time equivalent employees from the fiscal quarter preceding
the quarter covered by the report;
            (4)  the number of positions of the agency paid from
funds in the state treasury;
            (5)  the number of positions of the agency paid from
funds outside of the state treasury; <and>
            (6)  the number of individuals who performed services
for the agency under a contract, including consultants and
individuals employed under contracts with temporary help services;
and
            (7)  the number of managers, supervisors, and staff.
      (b)  The report must be made in the manner prescribed by the
state auditor and include:
            (1)  an annotated organizational chart depicting the
total number of full-time equivalent employees, without regard to
the source of funds used to pay all or part of the salary of an
employee, and the total number of managers, supervisors, and staff
for each functional area in the state agency;
            (2)  the management-to-staff ratio for each functional
area; and
            (3)  a separate organizational chart that summarizes
the categories of employees in the agency's regional offices
without regard to the source of funds used to pay all or part of
the salary of an employee.