House Amendment 1735 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 752, as passed by the House, as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. Page 4, by inserting after line 28 the 1 4 following: 1 5 <Sec. . STATE EMPLOYEE TELECOMMUTING == POLICY 1 6 DEVELOPMENT == IMPLEMENTATION. 1 7 1. The director of a department or state agency to 1 8 which appropriations are made pursuant to the 1 9 provisions of this Act shall assess the extent to 1 10 which job classifications or individual employment 1 11 positions with the department or agency might be 1 12 effectively performed from an employee's residence or 1 13 other remote location through telecommuting, thereby 1 14 increasing office space within the department or 1 15 agency and reducing administrative costs. The 1 16 assessment shall include an estimate of the number of 1 17 department or agency employees whose job 1 18 responsibilities could be effectively performed on a 1 19 telecommuting basis, projected costs of establishing 1 20 and maintaining work stations at an employee's 1 21 residence or other remote location and providing 1 22 telecommuter support, anticipated savings to the 1 23 department or agency through a reduction in the 1 24 office=based workforce, and anticipated time and cost 1 25 savings to telecommuting employees. A report 1 26 summarizing the assessment shall be submitted to the 1 27 director of the department of administrative services, 1 28 and the members of the general assembly, by November 1 29 1, 2007. 1 30 2. Based on the assessment conducted pursuant to 1 31 subsection 1, the director shall develop a 1 32 telecommuter employment policy for the department or 1 33 agency and a timeline for initial policy 1 34 implementation and plans for expanding the number of 1 35 telecommuting employees. Specific office=based 1 36 workforce reduction percentages shall be left to the 1 37 discretion of the director, but the director shall 1 38 implement a policy transferring some number of 1 39 office=based employees to telecommuter status by 1 40 January 1, 2008. The director shall report to the 1 41 director of the department of administrative services 1 42 and the members of the general assembly on an annual 1 43 basis beginning January 1, 2009, the number of 1 44 telecommuting employees, cost savings achieved by the 1 45 department or agency, and plans for continued transfer 1 46 of office=based employees to telecommuter status.> 1 47 #2. Title page, line 4, by inserting after the 1 48 word <fund> the following: <, and related matters>. 1 49 #3. By renumbering as necessary. 1 50 HF 752.S 2 1 dea/cc/26 -1-