By: Lucio S.B. No. 1066
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the state employee incentive program.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 659.255, Government Code, is amended by
1-5 adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
1-6 (f) Subsection (e)(2) does not apply to a merit salary
1-7 increase granted under Subchapter B, Chapter 2108.
1-8 SECTION 2. Section 659.261, Government Code, is amended by
1-9 adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
1-10 (f) A merit salary increase granted under Subchapter B,
1-11 Chapter 2108, may not be considered in computing a maximum amount
1-12 under this section.
1-13 SECTION 3. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is
1-14 amended by adding Section 661.915 to read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 661.915. STATE EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PROGRAM. A state
1-16 employee may be granted leave without a deduction in salary as a
1-17 reward for participating in the state employee incentive program
1-18 under Subchapter B, Chapter 2108. The total amount of leave an
1-19 employee may be granted under this section may not exceed 24 hours
1-20 during a fiscal year.
1-21 SECTION 4. Subsections (d) and (e), Section 2108.023,
1-22 Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-23 (d) An employee is eligible for a bonus of 10 percent of the
1-24 net savings or revenue increases, not to exceed an award of $5,000,
1-25 if the employee's suggestion results in savings or increased
2-1 revenues, including savings or increased revenues that result from
2-2 increased productivity, that:
2-3 (1) can be computed using a cost-benefit analysis; and
2-4 (2) equal or exceed $500 [$100] after implementation
2-5 costs.
2-6 (e) An employee is not eligible for a bonus but may be
2-7 recognized by a certificate of appreciation if the employee's
2-8 suggestion results in:
2-9 (1) intangible savings or benefits that cannot be
2-10 computed using a cost-benefit analysis; or
2-11 (2) a net annual savings or increase in revenues of
2-12 less than $500 [$100].
2-13 SECTION 5. Section 2108.0236, Government Code, is amended by
2-14 amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
2-15 follows:
2-16 (b) A state employee group is eligible for a total bonus of
2-17 10 percent of the first-year net savings or revenue increases, not
2-18 to exceed an award of $5,000 for each member of the state employee
2-19 group, if the state employee group's suggestion results in savings
2-20 or increased revenues to a state agency, including savings or
2-21 increased revenues that result from increased productivity, that:
2-22 (1) can be computed using a cost-benefit analysis; and
2-23 (2) equal or exceed $500 [$100] after implementation
2-24 costs.
2-25 (d) The commission shall encourage state employees to form
2-26 groups to participate in the incentive program on a temporary basis
3-1 for the purpose of developing process improvements in a state
3-2 agency.
3-3 SECTION 6. Section 2108.024, Government Code, is amended to
3-4 read as follows:
3-5 Sec. 2108.024. EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE. (a)
3-6 Each state employee is eligible to participate in the incentive
3-7 program except an employee:
3-8 (1) who has authority to implement the suggestion
3-9 being made;
3-10 (2) who is on an unpaid leave of absence;
3-11 (3) whose job description includes responsibility for
3-12 cost analysis, efficiency analysis, savings implementation, or
3-13 other similar programs in the employee's agency;
3-14 (4) who is involved in or has access to agency
3-15 research and development information used as the basis of the
3-16 suggestion;
3-17 (5) whose job description or routine job duties
3-18 include developing the type of change in agency operations
3-19 recommended by the suggestion; [or]
3-20 (6) who is an employee of the commission; or
3-21 (7) who is an elected or appointed official.
3-22 (b) An employee who is temporarily assigned by the
3-23 employee's agency to a group that is established for the purpose of
3-24 developing process improvements in that agency is not ineligible
3-25 under Subsection (a)(1) or (5) to participate in the incentive
3-26 program solely because of the employee's participation in that
4-1 group.
4-2 SECTION 7. Section 2108.037, Government Code, is amended by
4-3 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
4-4 (c) The affected agency may transfer savings attributable to
4-5 an implemented suggestion from the first year of the fiscal
4-6 biennium to the second year of the fiscal biennium.
4-7 SECTION 8. Subsection (f), Section 2113.107, Government
4-8 Code, is amended to read as follows:
4-9 (f) Subsection (e) does not apply to a publication designed
4-10 to promote tourism or economic development, a publication of the
4-11 Texas School for the Deaf or the Texas School for the Blind and
4-12 Visually Impaired, a publication of the Texas Incentive and
4-13 Productivity Commission, or a publication of an institution of
4-14 higher education.
4-15 SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.