1-1     By:  Armbrister                                       S.B. No. 1271

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 1997; March 17, 1997, read

 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;

 1-4     April 8, 1997, reported favorably, as amended, by the following

 1-5     vote:  Yeas 13, Nays 0; April 8, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                           By:  Armbrister

 1-7           Amend S.B. No. 1271 in SECTION 2 of the bill, in proposed

 1-8     Section 651.004, Government Code, (page 2, line 20, introduced

 1-9     version), strike "shall" and insert "may" in lieu thereof.

1-10     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 2                              By:   Fraser

1-11           Amend S.B. No. 1271 in SECTION 3 of the bill, in proposed

1-12     Section 2052.103(b)(1), Government Code, (page 2, line 49,

1-13     introduced version), strike "annotated".

1-14                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

1-15                                   AN ACT

1-16     relating to the creation of the Human Resource Task Force and the

1-17     streamlining of the organizational structures of state agencies.

1-18           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-19           SECTION 1.  Chapter 772, Government Code, is amended by

1-20     adding Section 772.0031 to read as follows:

1-21           Sec. 772.0031.  HUMAN RESOURCE TASK FORCE.  (a)  The Human

1-22     Resource Task Force is composed of a representative of:

1-23                 (1)  the governor's office, appointed by the governor;

1-24                 (2)  the state auditor's office, appointed by the state

1-25     auditor;

1-26                 (3)  the comptroller's office, appointed by the

1-27     comptroller;

1-28                 (4)  the attorney general's office, appointed by the

1-29     attorney general;

1-30                 (5)  the Commission on Human Rights, appointed by the

1-31     presiding officer of that agency;

1-32                 (6)  the Employees Retirement System of Texas,

1-33     appointed by the presiding officer of the board of trustees of that

1-34     agency;

1-35                 (7)  the Texas Workforce Commission, appointed by the

1-36     presiding officer of that agency;

1-37                 (8)  the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission,

1-38     appointed by the presiding officer of that agency;

1-39                 (9)  the Legislative Budget Board, appointed by the

1-40     presiding officer of the board;

1-41                 (10)  the State Agency Coordinating Council, appointed

1-42     by the presiding officer of that entity;

1-43                 (11)  the Texas Small State Agency Task Force,

1-44     appointed by the presiding officer of that entity; and

1-45                 (12)  the Texas State Personnel Administrators'

1-46     Association, appointed by the presiding officer of that entity.

1-47           (b)  The representatives of the State Agency Coordinating

1-48     Council, the Texas Small State Agency Task Force, and the Texas

1-49     State Personnel Administrators' Association serve as nonvoting

1-50     members of the Human Resource Task Force.

1-51           (c)  The representative of the governor's office serves as

1-52     the presiding officer of the task force.

1-53           (d)  The task force shall meet at the call of the presiding

1-54     officer.

1-55           (e)  A member of the task force is not entitled to

1-56     compensation but is entitled to reimbursement of travel expenses

1-57     incurred by the member while conducting the business of the task

1-58     force, as provided by the General Appropriations Act.  The

1-59     appointing entity is responsible for the reimbursement of the

1-60     entity's appointee.

1-61           (f)  The member entities of the task force shall provide the

1-62     staff for the task force.

1-63           (g)  The task force shall:

1-64                 (1)  identify and develop strategies to coordinate

 2-1     personnel policies and information dissemination within state

 2-2     government;

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

 2-4     of human resource training activities among state agencies; and

 2-5                 (3)  develop a "best practices" personnel manual to

 2-6     assist state agencies in developing, adapting, and revising human

 2-7     resource policies and implementing new programs.

 2-8           (h)  Not later than December 1, 1998, the task force shall

 2-9     submit to the legislature a report on the task force's

2-10     recommendations and a draft of the "best practices" personnel

2-11     manual.

2-12           (i)  This section expires and the Human Resource Task Force

2-13     is abolished on September 1, 1999.

2-14           SECTION 2.  Chapter 651, Government Code, is amended by

2-15     adding Section 651.004 to read as follows:

2-16           Sec. 651.004.  MANAGEMENT-TO-STAFF RATIOS.  (a)  A state

2-17     agency shall develop procedures for use in achieving a

2-18     management-to-staff ratio of one manager for each 11 staff members.

2-19           (b)  In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned

2-20     by Section 2052.101.

2-21           SECTION 3.  Subsections (a) and (b), Section 2052.103,

2-22     Government Code, are amended to read as follows:

2-23           (a)  Not later than the last day of the first month following

2-24     each quarter of the fiscal year, a state agency shall file with the

2-25     state auditor a written report that provides for that fiscal

2-26     quarter:

2-27                 (1)  the number of full-time equivalent state employees

2-28     employed by the agency and paid from funds in the state treasury;

2-29                 (2)  the number of full-time equivalent state employees

2-30     employed by the agency and paid from funds outside of the state

2-31     treasury;

2-32                 (3)  the increase or decrease, if any, of the number of

2-33     full-time equivalent employees from the fiscal quarter preceding

2-34     the quarter covered by the report;

2-35                 (4)  the number of positions of the agency paid from

2-36     funds in the state treasury;

2-37                 (5)  the number of positions of the agency paid from

2-38     funds outside of the state treasury; [and]

2-39                 (6)  the number of individuals who performed services

2-40     for the agency under a contract, including consultants and

2-41     individuals employed under contracts with temporary help services;

2-42     and

2-43                 (7)  the number of managers, supervisors, and staff.

2-44           (b)  The report must be made in the manner prescribed by the

2-45     state auditor and include:

2-46                 (1)  an annotated organizational chart depicting the

2-47     total number of full-time equivalent employees, without regard to

2-48     the source of funds used to pay all or part of the salary of an

2-49     employee, and the total number of managers, supervisors, and staff

2-50     for each functional area in the state agency;

2-51                 (2)  the management-to-staff ratio for each functional

2-52     area; and

2-53                 (3)  a separate organizational chart that summarizes

2-54     the categories of employees in the agency's regional offices

2-55     without regard to the source of funds used to pay all or part of

2-56     the salary of an employee.

2-57           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

2-58           SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the

2-59     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-60     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-61     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-62     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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