House Amendment 8491


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend the amendment, H=8464, to House File 2412, as
     1  2 follows:
     1  3 #1.  By striking page 1, line 2, through page 3,
     1  4 line 9, and inserting the following:
     1  5    <#   .  Page 2, by inserting after line 8, the
     1  6 following:
     1  7    <Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  70A.1A  BONUS PAY.
     1  8    1.  As used in this section unless the context
     1  9 otherwise requires, "bonus pay" means any additional
     1 10 remuneration provided to an employee in the form of a
     1 11 bonus, including but not limited to a retention bonus,
     1 12 recruitment bonus, exceptional job performance pay,
     1 13 extraordinary job performance pay, exceptional
     1 14 performance pay, extraordinary duty pay, extraordinary
     1 15 or special duty pay, advanced appointment rate,
     1 16 incentive pay, and any extra benefit not otherwise
     1 17 provided to other similarly situated employees.
     1 18    2.  Unless otherwise authorized by law or required
     1 19 pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, a state
     1 20 employee shall not, in addition to a salary, receive
     1 21 any bonus pay unless all of the following have
     1 22 occurred:
     1 23    a.  All requests for the payment of bonus pay to a
     1 24 state employee shall be submitted in writing on a
     1 25 prescribed form, to the director of the department in
     1 26 which the state employee is employed.  The request
     1 27 shall contain a detailed justification for the request
     1 28 explaining how approval of the bonus pay request will
     1 29 benefit the efficiency or effectiveness of the state's
     1 30 operations.
     1 31    b.  If approved by the employee's department
     1 32 director, the bonus pay request shall then be
     1 33 submitted to the director of the department of
     1 34 administrative services for review and approval or
     1 35 denial.  However, if the bonus pay request is for an
     1 36 employee of the department of administrative services,
     1 37 the request shall instead be submitted to the
     1 38 department of management for approval or denial.  A
     1 39 bonus pay request shall not be effective until the
     1 40 request has been approved or denied as provided in
     1 41 this paragraph "b".  An approved bonus pay request
     1 42 shall be submitted by a department director to the
     1 43 department of administrative services or to the
     1 44 department of management, as applicable, not less than
     1 45 forty=five days before the end of the fiscal year in
     1 46 order to be approved for payment during that fiscal
     1 47 year.
     1 48    c.  A state employee is eligible to receive bonus
     1 49 pay pursuant to an approved bonus pay request only
     1 50 once during each fiscal year.
     2  1    3.  The department of administrative services shall
     2  2 maintain a record of all approved bonus pay requests
     2  3 including copies of all documents submitted in
     2  4 conjunction with such requests, which shall be
     2  5 available for public inspection as provided in chapter
     2  6 22.
     2  7    4.  The director of the department of
     2  8 administrative services shall present a report at the
     2  9 end of each fiscal year to the joint government
     2 10 oversight committee of the general assembly.  Copies
     2 11 of the annual report shall be furnished to members of
     2 12 the public upon request as provided in chapter 22.>
     2 13 #   .  Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
     2 14 word <employees> the following:  <, and payment of
     2 15 bonus pay to certain government employees>.
     2 16 #   .  By renumbering as necessary.>
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     2 20 BAUDLER of Adair
     2 21 HF 2412.201 82
     2 22 av/rj/21187

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