By: Armbrister S.B. No. 1271
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the creation of the Human Resource Task Force and the
1-2 streamlining of the organizational structures of state agencies.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 772, Government Code, is amended by
1-5 adding Section 772.0031 to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 772.0031. HUMAN RESOURCE TASK FORCE. (a) The Human
1-7 Resource Task Force is composed of a representative of:
1-8 (1) the governor's office, appointed by the governor;
1-9 (2) the state auditor's office, appointed by the state
1-10 auditor;
1-11 (3) the comptroller's office, appointed by the
1-12 comptroller;
1-13 (4) the attorney general's office, appointed by the
1-14 attorney general;
1-15 (5) the Commission on Human Rights, appointed by the
1-16 presiding officer of that agency;
1-17 (6) the Employees Retirement System of Texas,
1-18 appointed by the presiding officer of the board of trustees of that
1-19 agency;
1-20 (7) the Texas Workforce Commission, appointed by the
1-21 presiding officer of that agency;
1-22 (8) the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission,
1-23 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:
3-1 (1) identify and develop strategies to coordinate
3-2 personnel policies and information dissemination within state
3-3 government;
3-4 (2) propose a method for the sharing and coordination
3-5 of human resource training activities among state agencies; and
3-6 (3) develop a "best practices" personnel manual to
3-7 assist state agencies in developing, adapting, and revising human
3-8 resource policies and implementing new programs.
3-9 (h) Not later than December 1, 1998, the task force shall
3-10 submit to the legislature a report on the task force's
3-11 recommendations and a draft of the "best practices" personnel
3-12 manual.
3-13 (i) This section expires and the Human Resource Task Force
3-14 is abolished on September 1, 1999.
3-15 SECTION 2. Chapter 651, Government Code, is amended by
3-16 adding Section 651.004 to read as follows:
3-17 Sec. 651.004. MANAGEMENT-TO-STAFF RATIOS. (a) A state
3-18 agency may develop procedures for use in achieving a
3-19 management-to-staff ratio of one manager for each 11 staff members.
3-20 (b) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned
3-21 by Section 2052.101.
3-22 SECTION 3. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 2052.103,
3-23 Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
3-24 (a) Not later than the last day of the first month following
3-25 each quarter of the fiscal year, a state agency shall file with the
4-1 state auditor a written report that provides for that fiscal
4-2 quarter:
4-3 (1) the number of full-time equivalent state employees
4-4 employed by the agency and paid from funds in the state treasury;
4-5 (2) the number of full-time equivalent state employees
4-6 employed by the agency and paid from funds outside of the state
4-7 treasury;
4-8 (3) the increase or decrease, if any, of the number of
4-9 full-time equivalent employees from the fiscal quarter preceding
4-10 the quarter covered by the report;
4-11 (4) the number of positions of the agency paid from
4-12 funds in the state treasury;
4-13 (5) the number of positions of the agency paid from
4-14 funds outside of the state treasury; [and]
4-15 (6) the number of individuals who performed services
4-16 for the agency under a contract, including consultants and
4-17 individuals employed under contracts with temporary help services;
4-18 and
4-19 (7) the number of managers, supervisors, and staff.
4-20 (b) The report must be made in the manner prescribed by the
4-21 state auditor and include:
4-22 (1) an organizational chart depicting the total number
4-23 of full-time equivalent employees, without regard to the source of
4-24 funds used to pay all or part of the salary of an employee, and the
4-25 total number of managers, supervisors, and staff for each
5-1 functional area in the state agency;
5-2 (2) the management-to-staff ratio for each functional
5-3 area; and
5-4 (3) a separate organizational chart that summarizes
5-5 the categories of employees in the agency's regional offices
5-6 without regard to the source of funds used to pay all or part of
5-7 the salary of an employee.
5-8 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
5-9 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
5-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
5-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
5-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
5-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.