By Maxey                                        H.B. No. 1083

      75R2841 MLS-D                           

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the creation of the Human Resource Task Force and the

 1-3     streamlining of the organizational structures of state agencies.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Chapter 772, Government Code, is amended by

 1-6     adding Section 772.0031 to read as follows:

 1-7           Sec. 772.0031.  HUMAN RESOURCE TASK FORCE.  (a)  The Human

 1-8     Resource Task Force is composed of a representative of:

 1-9                 (1)  the governor's office, appointed by the governor;

1-10                 (2)  the state auditor's office, appointed by the state

1-11     auditor;

1-12                 (3)  the comptroller's office, appointed by the

1-13     comptroller;

1-14                 (4)  the attorney general's office, appointed by the

1-15     attorney general;

1-16                 (5)  the Commission on Human Rights, appointed by the

1-17     presiding officer of that agency;

1-18                 (6)  the Employees Retirement System of Texas,

1-19     appointed by the presiding officer of the board of trustees of that

1-20     agency;

1-21                 (7)  the Texas Workforce Commission, appointed by the

1-22     presiding officer of that agency;

1-23                 (8)  the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission,

1-24     appointed by the presiding officer of that agency;

 2-1                 (9)  the Legislative Budget Board, appointed by the

 2-2     presiding officer of the board;

 2-3                 (10)  the State Agency Coordinating Council, appointed

 2-4     by the presiding officer of that entity;

 2-5                 (11)  the Texas Small State Agency Task Force,

 2-6     appointed by the presiding officer of that entity; and

 2-7                 (12)  the Texas State Personnel Administrators'

 2-8     Association, appointed by the presiding officer of that entity.

 2-9           (b)  The representatives of the State Agency Coordinating

2-10     Council, the Texas Small State Agency Task Force, and the Texas

2-11     State Personnel Administrators' Association serve as nonvoting

2-12     members of the Human Resource Task Force.

2-13           (c)  The representative of the governor's office serves as

2-14     the presiding officer of the task force.

2-15           (d)  The task force shall meet at the call of the presiding

2-16     officer.

2-17           (e)  A member of the task force is not entitled to

2-18     compensation but is entitled to reimbursement of travel expenses

2-19     incurred by the member while conducting the business of the task

2-20     force, as provided by the General Appropriations Act.  The

2-21     appointing entity is responsible for the reimbursement of the

2-22     entity's appointee.

2-23           (f)  The member entities of the task force shall provide the

2-24     staff for the task force.

2-25           (g)  The task force shall:

2-26                 (1)  identify and develop strategies to coordinate

2-27     personnel policies and information dissemination within state

 3-1     government;

 3-2                 (2)  propose a method for the sharing and coordination

 3-3     of human resource training activities among state agencies; and

 3-4                 (3)  develop a "best practices" personnel manual to

 3-5     assist state agencies in developing, adapting, and revising human

 3-6     resource policies and implementing new programs.

 3-7           (h)  Not later than December 1, 1998, the task force shall

 3-8     submit to the legislature a report on the task force's

 3-9     recommendations and a draft of the "best practices" personnel

3-10     manual.

3-11           (i)  This section expires and the Human Resource Task Force

3-12     is abolished on September 1, 1999.

3-13           SECTION 2.  Chapter 651, Government Code, is amended by

3-14     adding Section 651.004 to read as follows:

3-15           Sec. 651.004.  MANAGEMENT-TO-STAFF RATIOS.  (a)  A state

3-16     agency shall develop procedures for use in achieving a

3-17     management-to-staff ratio of one manager for each 11 staff members.

3-18           (b)  In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned

3-19     by Section 2052.101.

3-20           SECTION 3.  Section 2052.103, Government Code, is amended by

3-21     amending Subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:

3-22           (a)  Not later than the last day of the first month following

3-23     each quarter of the fiscal year, a state agency shall file with the

3-24     state auditor a written report that provides for that fiscal

3-25     quarter:

3-26                 (1)  the number of full-time equivalent state employees

3-27     employed by the agency and paid from funds in the state treasury;

 4-1                 (2)  the number of full-time equivalent state employees

 4-2     employed by the agency and paid from funds outside of the state

 4-3     treasury;

 4-4                 (3)  the increase or decrease, if any, of the number of

 4-5     full-time equivalent employees from the fiscal quarter preceding

 4-6     the quarter covered by the report;

 4-7                 (4)  the number of positions of the agency paid from

 4-8     funds in the state treasury;

 4-9                 (5)  the number of positions of the agency paid from

4-10     funds outside of the state treasury; [and]

4-11                 (6)  the number of individuals who performed services

4-12     for the agency under a contract, including consultants and

4-13     individuals employed under contracts with temporary help services;

4-14     and

4-15                 (7)  the number of managers, supervisors, and staff.

4-16           (b)  The report must be made in the manner prescribed by the

4-17     state auditor and include:

4-18                 (1)  an annotated organizational chart depicting the

4-19     total number of full-time equivalent employees, without regard to

4-20     the source of funds used to pay all or part of the salary of an

4-21     employee, and the total number of managers, supervisors, and staff

4-22     for each functional area in the state agency;

4-23                 (2)  the management-to-staff ratio for each functional

4-24     area; and

4-25                 (3)  a separate organizational chart that summarizes

4-26     the categories of employees in the agency's regional offices

4-27     without regard to the source of funds used to pay all or part of

 5-1     the salary of an employee.

 5-2           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

 5-3           SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the

 5-4     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 5-5     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 5-6     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 5-7     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.