Bill Text: AZ SB1353 | 2016 | Fifty-second Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: State employee suggestion program; awards
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-23 - Referred to Senate RULES Committee [SB1353 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2016-SB1353-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: state employee suggestion program; awards |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016
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SB 1353 |
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Introduced by Senator Dial
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AN ACT
amending section 38‑613, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the state employee suggestion program.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 38-613, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
38-613. State employee suggestion program awards; fund; report
A. The director of the department of administration may adopt rules to provide an award to any state employee and agency for any of the following:
1. An adopted procedure or idea that resulted in eliminating or reducing state expenditures or improving operations in the public interest.
2. The performance of a special act or service in the public interest.
B. The governor shall appoint a five member five-member board that serves at the governor's pleasure for four year four‑year staggered terms to establish policy for the operation of the state employee suggestion program, review all suggestions and approve all awards with the concurrence of the head of the agency in which the cost saving is realized. The board shall consider whether ADEQUATE customer service levels will be MAINTAINED when approving an award. The board shall elect a chairman each year.
C. The award may not equal no more than ten per cent forty percent of the amount saved as a result of the suggestion. not more than ten percent of the amount of the savings may be awarded to the state employee who provided the suggestion. if monies are awarded to a state employee, one percent of the amount of the savings shall be awarded to the head of the agency. the remaining amount of the savings shall be used by the agency for soft capital and building repairs and renovations. The soft capital and building repair and renovation expenditures shall be made on a one‑time basis.
D. A state employee suggestion program award fund is established consisting of identified measurable dollar savings transferred from appropriated and nonappropriated monies in the budget unit where the cost saving is realized, except that monies may not be transferred from the state general fund. The board shall initiate fund transfers with the concurrence of the director of the department of administration. Except as provided in subsection G of this section, the director of the department of administration shall use monies in the state employee suggestion program award fund for the following purposes only:
1. To make awards pursuant to this section.
2. To purchase recognition materials with a cost of not to exceed fifty dollars for each award.
E. The board shall certify to the director of the department of administration the names of persons and agencies granted awards and the amounts of the awards. Awards of less than one hundred dollars shall be paid in a lump sum. Awards of one hundred dollars or more may be paid out annually over not more than five years. If an award is paid out annually, the award shall be reduced each year by twenty percent. In order to receive the award, the person must be a state employee at the time of award. On certification of the names and the amounts of the awards the director of the department of administration shall draw a warrant on the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall pay the warrant from the state employee suggestion program award fund.
F. the department of administration shall report annually to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives the amounts of awards granted and how the agencies have spent those awards. the department of administration shall provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.
F. G. An award to a state employee shall not be considered as extra compensation.
G. H. The director of the department of administration may use up to six per cent PERCENT of any monies transferred to the state employee suggestion program award fund for the purposes of administering, advertising and promoting the state employee suggestion program.
H. I. Elected officials, directors, deputy directors, managers and supervisors are not eligible for awards pursuant to this section.
