By Lucio S.B. No. 1066
77R6741 MTB-D
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. Subchapter B, Chapter 2108, Government Code, is
1-22 amended by adding Section 2108.0225 to read as follows:
1-23 Sec. 2108.0225. PROMOTION OF PROGRAM AND INNOVATION. The
1-24 commission shall:
2-1 (1) develop a statewide marketing campaign for the
2-2 incentive program by entering into a contract with a vendor for
2-3 advertising services that:
2-4 (A) encourage state employees to submit ideas
2-5 that produce tangible savings;
2-6 (B) promote the use of the commission's
2-7 interactive website for the incentive program; and
2-8 (C) promote other aspects of the incentive
2-9 program; and
2-10 (2) encourage state agencies to host one-day events
2-11 that promote creativity and innovation by:
2-12 (A) demonstrating state employee accomplishments
2-13 in process improvement, customer service, work quality, safety, or
2-14 fiscal savings;
2-15 (B) soliciting and generating state employee
2-16 ideas;
2-17 (C) providing state employee education and
2-18 professional development training; and
2-19 (D) presenting peer-nominated outstanding
2-20 employee awards.
2-21 SECTION 5. Section 2108.0236, Government Code, is amended by
2-22 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
2-23 (d) The commission shall encourage state employees to form
2-24 groups to participate in the incentive program on a temporary basis
2-25 for the purpose of developing process improvements in a state
2-26 agency.
2-27 SECTION 6. Subchapter B, Chapter 2108, Government Code, is
3-1 amended by adding Section 2108.0237 to read as follows:
3-2 Sec. 2108.0237. INCENTIVE PROGRAM LEAVE. (a) A state
3-3 employee may be eligible to receive, within the limits prescribed
3-4 by Section 661.915, leave without a deduction in salary as a reward
3-5 for participating in the incentive program.
3-6 (b) The commission shall adopt rules establishing leave
3-7 eligibility criteria under this section.
3-8 SECTION 7. Section 2108.037, Government Code, is amended to
3-9 read as follows:
3-10 Sec. 2108.037. RETENTION OF FUNDS; TRANSFER OF CERTAIN
3-11 FUNDS. (a) The commission and the affected agency shall certify to
3-12 the comptroller the amount of the actual or projected savings or
3-13 increased revenues attributable to an implemented suggestion.
3-14 (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The] affected
3-15 agency shall retain the amount of the actual or projected savings
3-16 or increased revenues attributable to an implemented suggestion, to
3-17 the extent that the savings comes from funds appropriated to the
3-18 affected agency. A portion of the savings or revenues shall be
3-19 used by the affected agency to pay bonuses awarded by the
3-20 commission under this subchapter.
3-21 (c) If 10 percent of the amount of actual or projected
3-22 savings or increased revenue attributable to an implemented
3-23 suggestion, certified under Subsection (a), exceeds the monetary
3-24 limits on awards given under Section 2108.023 or 2108.0236, the
3-25 affected agency shall certify to the comptroller the amount that
3-26 equals the difference between that 10 percent and the amount
3-27 awarded to an eligible employee for the suggestion under Section
4-1 2108.023 or 2108.0236. The comptroller shall transfer the
4-2 certified amount from money available to the affected agency to
4-3 money available to the commission.
4-4 (d) The affected agency may use a portion of the savings or
4-5 revenues attributable to an implemented suggestion to grant merit
4-6 salary increases under Section 659.255.
4-7 SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and the
4-8 change in law made by this Act to Section 2108.037, Government
4-9 Code, applies only to a suggestion given to an agency coordinator
4-10 on or after that date.