By Ellis                                         S.B. No. 986

      75R2630 MLS-D                           

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the streamlining of the organizational structures of

 1-3     state agencies.

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

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Chapter 651, Government Code, is amended by

 1-6     adding Section 651.004 to read as follows:

 1-7           Sec. 651.004.  MANAGEMENT-TO-STAFF RATIOS.  (a)  A state

 1-8     agency shall develop procedures for use in achieving a

 1-9     management-to-staff ratio of one manager for each 11 staff members.

1-10           (b)  In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned

1-11     by Section 2052.101.

1-12           SECTION 2.  Section 2052.103, Government Code, is amended by

1-13     amending Subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:

1-14           (a)  Not later than the last day of the first month following

1-15     each quarter of the fiscal year, a state agency shall file with the

1-16     state auditor a written report that provides for that fiscal

1-17     quarter:

1-18                 (1)  the number of full-time equivalent state employees

1-19     employed by the agency and paid from funds in the state treasury;

1-20                 (2)  the number of full-time equivalent state employees

1-21     employed by the agency and paid from funds outside of the state

1-22     treasury;

1-23                 (3)  the increase or decrease, if any, of the number of

1-24     full-time equivalent employees from the fiscal quarter preceding

 2-1     the quarter covered by the report;

 2-2                 (4)  the number of positions of the agency paid from

 2-3     funds in the state treasury;

 2-4                 (5)  the number of positions of the agency paid from

 2-5     funds outside of the state treasury; [and]

 2-6                 (6)  the number of individuals who performed services

 2-7     for the agency under a contract, including consultants and

 2-8     individuals employed under contracts with temporary help services;

 2-9     and

2-10                 (7)  the number of managers, supervisors, and staff.

2-11           (b)  The report must be made in the manner prescribed by the

2-12     state auditor and include:

2-13                 (1)  an annotated organizational chart depicting the

2-14     total number of full-time equivalent employees and the total number

2-15     of managers, supervisors, and staff for each functional area in the

2-16     state agency;

2-17                 (2)  the management-to-staff ratio for each functional

2-18     area; and

2-19                 (3)  a separate organizational chart that summarizes

2-20     the categories of employees in the agency's regional offices.

2-21           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

2-22           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the

2-23     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-24     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-25     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-26     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.