Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing), in Part 3, Article IX of the bill, by adding the following appropriately numbered section to the part:

Sec. ____.  Employee Efficiency Bonuses. Notwithstanding the limitations provided by this Act relating to compensation, a state agency receiving money appropriated under this Act may, to the extent authorized by law, pay a bonus to an employee of the state agency who improves the efficiency or performance of the state agency. A bonus may be paid only from unspent money appropriated to the state agency for the salary of an unfilled full-time equivalent position and may be paid only if the state agency eliminates the unfilled full-time equivalent position.