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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