SRC-JEC S.B. 961 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 961
2001S0549/1By: Moncrief
Intergovernmental Relations
4/3/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, state employees are prohibited from receiving salary supplements
from any source. However, the state is experiencing an average turnover
rate of 26 percent, and in some areas as high as 45 percent, of caseworkers
with child protective services.  As proposed, S.B. 961 authorizes counties
or municipalities to supplement the salaries of local child protective
services caseworkers to retain the workers and encourage them to remain in
the profession. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency.  

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 40B, Human Resources Code, by adding Section
40.0321, as follows: 

Sec. 40.0321.  SALARY SUPPLEMENTATION BY COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY. Authorizes
a county or municipality to supplement, from its own funds, the salary of a
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services (department) employee
whose duties include providing services as part of, or relating to, the
provision of child protective services by the department.  Provides that
Section 659.020 (Salary Supplementation), Government Code, does not apply
to the supplement authorized by this section. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.