1-1 By: Lucio S.B. No. 1066
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 2, 2001; March 6, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 2, 2001,
1-4 reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 2, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1066 By: Shapiro
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to the state employee incentive program.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 659.255, Government Code, is amended by
1-12 adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
1-13 (f) Subsection (e)(2) does not apply to a merit salary
1-14 increase granted under Subchapter B, Chapter 2108.
1-15 SECTION 2. Section 659.261, Government Code, is amended by
1-16 adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
1-17 (f) A merit salary increase granted under Subchapter B,
1-18 Chapter 2108, may not be considered in computing a maximum amount
1-19 under this section.
1-20 SECTION 3. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is
1-21 amended by adding Section 661.915 to read as follows:
1-22 Sec. 661.915. STATE EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PROGRAM. A state
1-23 employee may be granted leave without a deduction in salary as a
1-24 reward for participating in the state employee incentive program
1-25 under Subchapter B, Chapter 2108. The total amount of leave an
1-26 employee may be granted under this section may not exceed 24 hours
1-27 during a fiscal year.
1-28 SECTION 4. Subsections (d) and (e), Section 2108.023,
1-29 Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-30 (d) An employee is eligible for a bonus of 10 percent of the
1-31 net savings or revenue increases, not to exceed an award of $5,000,
1-32 if the employee's suggestion results in savings or increased
1-33 revenues, including savings or increased revenues that result from
1-34 increased productivity, that:
1-35 (1) can be computed using a cost-benefit analysis; and
1-36 (2) equal or exceed $500 [$100] after implementation
1-37 costs.
1-38 (e) An employee is not eligible for a bonus but may be
1-39 recognized by a certificate of appreciation if the employee's
1-40 suggestion results in:
1-41 (1) intangible savings or benefits that cannot be
1-42 computed using a cost-benefit analysis; or
1-43 (2) a net annual savings or increase in revenues of
1-44 less than $500 [$100].
1-45 SECTION 5. Section 2108.0236, Government Code, is amended by
1-46 amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
1-47 follows:
1-48 (b) A state employee group is eligible for a total bonus of
1-49 10 percent of the first-year net savings or revenue increases, not
1-50 to exceed an award of $5,000 for each member of the state employee
1-51 group, if the state employee group's suggestion results in savings
1-52 or increased revenues to a state agency, including savings or
1-53 increased revenues that result from increased productivity, that:
1-54 (1) can be computed using a cost-benefit analysis; and
1-55 (2) equal or exceed $500 [$100] after implementation
1-56 costs.
1-57 (d) The commission shall encourage state employees to form
1-58 groups to participate in the incentive program on a temporary basis
1-59 for the purpose of developing process improvements in a state
1-60 agency.
1-61 SECTION 6. Section 2108.024, Government Code, is amended to
1-62 read as follows:
1-63 Sec. 2108.024. EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE. (a)
1-64 Each state employee is eligible to participate in the incentive
2-1 program except an employee:
2-2 (1) who has authority to implement the suggestion
2-3 being made;
2-4 (2) who is on an unpaid leave of absence;
2-5 (3) whose job description includes responsibility for
2-6 cost analysis, efficiency analysis, savings implementation, or
2-7 other similar programs in the employee's agency;
2-8 (4) who is involved in or has access to agency
2-9 research and development information used as the basis of the
2-10 suggestion;
2-11 (5) whose job description or routine job duties
2-12 include developing the type of change in agency operations
2-13 recommended by the suggestion; [or]
2-14 (6) who is an employee of the commission; or
2-15 (7) who is an elected or appointed official.
2-16 (b) An employee who is temporarily assigned by the
2-17 employee's agency to a group that is established for the purpose of
2-18 developing process improvements in that agency is not ineligible
2-19 under Subsection (a)(1) or (5) to participate in the incentive
2-20 program solely because of the employee's participation in that
2-21 group.
2-22 SECTION 7. Section 2108.037, Government Code, is amended by
2-23 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
2-24 (c) The affected agency may transfer savings attributable to
2-25 an implemented suggestion from the first year of the fiscal
2-26 biennium to the second year of the fiscal biennium.
2-27 SECTION 8. Subsection (f), Section 2113.107, Government
2-28 Code, is amended to read as follows:
2-29 (f) Subsection (e) does not apply to a publication designed
2-30 to promote tourism or economic development, a publication of the
2-31 Texas School for the Deaf or the Texas School for the Blind and
2-32 Visually Impaired, a publication of the Texas Incentive and
2-33 Productivity Commission, or a publication of an institution of
2-34 higher education.
2-35 SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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