By Haywood                                            S.B. No. 1488
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to performance expectations and compensation systems for
 1-3     state employees.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter K, Chapter 659, Government Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Sections 659.2551 and 659.2552 to read as
 1-7     follows:
 1-8           Sec. 659.2551.  PERFORMANCE LINKED TO AGENCY GOALS.  Each
 1-9     state agency shall adopt policies to ensure that an employee's
1-10     performance expectations are linked to the goals in the agency's
1-11     strategic plan adopted under Chapter 2056.
1-12           Sec. 659.2552.  TASK FORCE TO EVALUATE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION
1-13     SYSTEMS.  (a)  The task force is composed of:
1-14                 (1)  a representative of:
1-15                       (A)  the governor's office, appointed by the
1-16     governor;
1-17                       (B)  the State Auditor's Office, appointed by the
1-18     state auditor;
1-19                       (C)  the comptroller's office, appointed by the
1-20     comptroller; and
1-21                       (D)  the Legislative Budget Board, appointed by
1-22     the director; and
1-23                 (2)  the following representatives, appointed by the
1-24     governor:
 2-1                       (A)  three representatives from state agencies
 2-2     that employ fewer than 100 full-time employees;
 2-3                       (B)  three representatives from state agencies
 2-4     that employ at least 100 but fewer than 1,000 full-time employees;
 2-5     and
 2-6                       (C)  three representatives from state agencies
 2-7     that employ 1,000 or more full-time employees.
 2-8           (b)  The representative of the State Auditor's Office shall
 2-9     serve as the presiding officer of the task force.
2-10           (c)  The task force shall:
2-11                 (1)  evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the
2-12     current merit increase system for compensating employees;
2-13                 (2)  identify statewide opportunities for funding
2-14     pay-for-performance policies and practices to supplement current
2-15     efforts at recruiting and retaining employees; and
2-16                 (3)  provide recommendations on those matters to the
2-17     legislature not later than January 1, 2003.
2-18           (d)  A member of the task force serves at the will of the
2-19     appointing entity.
2-20           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.