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.> 2 17 2 18 2 19 2 20 BAUDLER of Adair 2 21 HF 2412.201 82 2 22 av/rj/21187 -1-