1-1 By: Bosse (Senate Sponsor - Harris) H.B. No. 2492
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
1-3 May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the state employee incentive and productivity program.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Section 2108.004(c), Government Code, is amended
1-11 to read as follows:
1-12 (c) The commission may seek, accept, and use contributions
1-13 or assistance from private institutions and organizations and may
1-14 request and receive aid and assistance from the governor's office
1-15 and other state governmental bodies to effectively implement this
1-16 chapter.
1-17 SECTION 2. Sections 2108.023(d) and (e), Government Code, are
1-18 amended to read as follows:
1-19 (d) An employee is eligible for a bonus of 10 percent of the
1-20 net savings or revenue increases, not to exceed an award of $5,000,
1-21 if the employee's suggestion results in savings or increased
1-22 revenues, including savings or increased revenues that result from
1-23 increased productivity, that:
1-24 (1) can be computed using a cost-benefit analysis; and
1-25 (2) equal or exceed $500 [$100] after implementation
1-26 costs.
1-27 (e) An employee is not eligible for a bonus but may be
1-28 recognized by a certificate of appreciation if the employee's
1-29 suggestion results in:
1-30 (1) intangible savings or benefits that cannot be
1-31 computed using a cost-benefit analysis; or
1-32 (2) a net annual savings or increase in revenues of
1-33 less than $500 [$100].
1-34 SECTION 3. Section 2108.0236(b), Government Code, is amended
1-35 to read as follows:
1-36 (b) A state employee group is eligible for a total bonus of
1-37 10 percent of the first-year net savings or revenue increases, not
1-38 to exceed an award of $5,000 for each member of the state employee
1-39 group, if the state employee group's suggestion results in savings
1-40 or increased revenues to a state agency, including savings or
1-41 increased revenues that result from increased productivity, that:
1-42 (1) can be computed using a cost-benefit analysis; and
1-43 (2) equal or exceed $500 [$100] after implementation
1-44 costs.
1-45 SECTION 4. Section 2108.024, Government Code, is amended to
1-46 read as follows:
1-47 Sec. 2108.024. EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE. (a) Each
1-48 state employee is eligible to participate in the incentive program
1-49 except an employee:
1-50 (1) who has authority to implement the suggestion
1-51 being made;
1-52 (2) who is on an unpaid leave of absence;
1-53 (3) whose job description includes responsibility for
1-54 cost analysis, efficiency analysis, savings implementation, or
1-55 other similar programs in the employee's agency;
1-56 (4) who is involved in or has access to agency
1-57 research and development information used as the basis of the
1-58 suggestion;
1-59 (5) whose job description or routine job duties
1-60 include developing the type of change in agency operations
1-61 recommended by the suggestion; [or]
1-62 (6) who is an employee of the commission; or
1-63 (7) who is an elected or appointed official.
1-64 (b) An employee who is temporarily assigned by the
2-1 employee's agency to a group that is established for the purpose of
2-2 developing process improvements in that agency is not ineligible
2-3 under Subsection (a)(1) or (5) to participate in the incentive
2-4 program solely because of the employee's participation in that
2-5 group.
2-6 SECTION 5. Section 2108.037, Government Code, is amended by
2-7 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
2-8 (c) The affected agency may transfer savings attributable to
2-9 an implemented suggestion from the first year of the fiscal
2-10 biennium to the second year of the fiscal biennium.
2-11 SECTION 6. Section 2113.107(f), Government Code, is amended
2-12 to read as follows:
2-13 (f) Subsection (e) does not apply to a publication designed
2-14 to promote tourism or economic development, a publication of the
2-15 Texas School for the Deaf or the Texas School for the Blind and
2-16 Visually Impaired, a publication of the Texas Incentive and
2-17 Productivity Commission, or a publication of an institution of
2-18 higher education.
2-19 SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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