By Bosse                                              H.B. No. 2492
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the state employee incentive and productivity program.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 2108.004(c), Government Code, is amended
 1-5     to read as follows:
 1-6           (c)  The commission may seek, accept, and use contributions
 1-7     or assistance from private institutions and organizations and may
 1-8     request and receive aid and assistance from the governor's office
 1-9     and other state governmental bodies to effectively implement this
1-10     chapter.
1-11           SECTION 2. Sections 2108.023(d) and (e), Government Code, are
1-12     amended to read as follows:
1-13           (d)  An employee is eligible for a bonus of 10 percent of the
1-14     net savings or revenue increases, not to exceed an award of $5,000,
1-15     if the employee's suggestion results in savings or increased
1-16     revenues, including savings or increased revenues that result from
1-17     increased productivity, that:
1-18                 (1)  can be computed using a cost-benefit analysis; and
1-19                 (2)  equal or exceed $500 [$100] after implementation
1-20     costs.
1-21           (e)  An employee is not eligible for a bonus but may be
1-22     recognized by a certificate of appreciation if the employee's
1-23     suggestion results in:
1-24                 (1)  intangible savings or benefits that cannot be
 2-1     computed using a cost-benefit analysis; or
 2-2                 (2)  a net annual savings or increase in revenues of
 2-3     less than $500 [$100].
 2-4           SECTION 3. Section 2108.0236(b), Government Code, is amended
 2-5     to read as follows:
 2-6           (b)  A state employee group is eligible for a total bonus of
 2-7     10 percent of the first-year net savings or revenue increases, not
 2-8     to exceed an award of $5,000 for each member of the state employee
 2-9     group, if the state employee group's suggestion results in savings
2-10     or increased revenues to a state agency, including savings or
2-11     increased revenues that result from increased productivity, that:
2-12                 (1)  can be computed using a cost-benefit analysis; and
2-13                 (2)  equal or exceed $500 [$100] after implementation
2-14     costs.
2-15           SECTION 4. Section 2108.024, Government Code, is amended to
2-16     read as follows:
2-17           Sec. 2108.024.  EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE. (a) Each
2-18     state employee is eligible to participate in the incentive program
2-19     except an employee:
2-20                 (1)  who has authority to implement the suggestion
2-21     being made;
2-22                 (2)  who is on an unpaid leave of absence;
2-23                 (3)  whose job description includes responsibility for
2-24     cost analysis, efficiency analysis, savings implementation, or
2-25     other similar programs in the employee's agency;
2-26                 (4)  who is involved in or has access to agency
2-27     research and development information used as the basis of the
 3-1     suggestion;
 3-2                 (5)  whose job description or routine job duties
 3-3     include developing the type of change in agency operations
 3-4     recommended by the suggestion;  [or]
 3-5                 (6)  who is an employee of the commission; or
 3-6                 (7)  who is an elected or appointed official.
 3-7           (b)  An employee who is temporarily assigned by the
 3-8     employee's agency to a group that is established for the purpose of
 3-9     developing process improvements in that agency is not ineligible
3-10     under Subsection (a)(1) or (5) to participate in the incentive
3-11     program solely because of the employee's participation in that
3-12     group.
3-13           SECTION 5. Section 2108.037, Government Code, is amended by
3-14     adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
3-15           (c)  The affected agency may transfer savings attributable to
3-16     an implemented suggestion from the first year of the fiscal
3-17     biennium to the second year of the fiscal biennium.
3-18           SECTION 6. Section 2113.107(f), Government Code, is amended
3-19     to read as follows:
3-20           (f)  Subsection (e) does not apply to a publication designed
3-21     to promote tourism or economic development, a publication of the
3-22     Texas School for the Deaf or the Texas School for the Blind and
3-23     Visually Impaired, a publication of the Texas Incentive and
3-24     Productivity Commission, or a publication of an institution of
3-25     higher education.
3-26           SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.