House Amendment 8585


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 2423, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 3, by inserting after line 8 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <10A.  An annual report of the department
     1  6 concerning state employee bonus pay as required by
     1  7 section 8A.403.>
     1  8 #2.  Page 4, by inserting after line 26, the
     1  9 following:
     1 10    <Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  8A.403  STATE EMPLOYEE
     1 11 BONUS PAY.
     1 12    1.  As used in this section unless the context
     1 13 otherwise requires, "bonus pay" means any additional
     1 14 remuneration provided to an employee in the form of a
     1 15 bonus, including but not limited to a retention bonus,
     1 16 recruitment bonus, exceptional job performance pay,
     1 17 extraordinary job performance pay, exceptional
     1 18 performance pay, extraordinary duty pay, extraordinary
     1 19 or special duty pay, advanced appointment rate,
     1 20 incentive pay, and any extra benefit not otherwise
     1 21 provided to other similarly situated employees.
     1 22    2.  Unless otherwise authorized by law or required
     1 23 pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, a state
     1 24 employee shall not, in addition to a salary, receive
     1 25 any bonus pay unless all of the following have
     1 26 occurred:
     1 27    a.  All requests for the payment of bonus pay to a
     1 28 state employee shall be submitted in writing on a
     1 29 prescribed form, to the director of the department in
     1 30 which the state employee is employed.  The request
     1 31 shall contain a detailed justification for the request
     1 32 explaining how approval of the bonus pay request will
     1 33 benefit the efficiency or effectiveness of the state's
     1 34 operations.
     1 35    b.  If approved by the employee's department
     1 36 director, the bonus pay request shall then be
     1 37 submitted to the director of the department of
     1 38 administrative services for review and approval or
     1 39 denial.  However, if the bonus pay request is for an
     1 40 employee of the department of administrative services,
     1 41 the request shall instead be submitted to the
     1 42 department of management for approval or denial.  A
     1 43 bonus pay request shall not be effective until the
     1 44 request has been approved or denied as provided in
     1 45 this paragraph "b".  An approved bonus pay request
     1 46 shall be submitted by a department director to the
     1 47 department of administrative services or to the
     1 48 department of management, as applicable, not less than
     1 49 forty=five days before the end of the fiscal year in
     1 50 order to be approved for payment during that fiscal
     2  1 year.
     2  2    c.  A state employee is eligible to receive bonus
     2  3 pay pursuant to an approved bonus pay request only
     2  4 once during each fiscal year.
     2  5    3.  The department shall maintain a record of all
     2  6 approved bonus pay requests including copies of all
     2  7 documents submitted in conjunction with such requests,
     2  8 which shall be available for public inspection as
     2  9 provided in chapter 22.
     2 10    4.  The director shall prepare an annual report
     2 11 concerning the requirements of this section and
     2 12 present the report at the end of each fiscal year to
     2 13 the joint government oversight committee of the
     2 14 general assembly.  Copies of the annual report shall
     2 15 be furnished to members of the public upon request as
     2 16 provided in chapter 22.>
     2 17 #3.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     2 21 BAUDLER of Adair
     2 22 SF 2423.301 82
     2 23 ec/nh/21304

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