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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