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.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2492 was passed by the House on May
5, 2001, by a non-record vote.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2492 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor