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H0638.......................................by COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES
PERSONNEL SYSTEM - Amends existing law to provide for a benefit survey to
be conducted annually for the purpose specified in law; to provide duties
of the administrator of the Division of Human Resources for conducting or
approving such surveys and submitting reports of the results of salary and
benefit surveys to the Governor by December first of each year; to provide
that the Governor shall submit his recommendations to the Legislature; to
provide for a legislative response to the Governor's recommendations; and
to provide that the administrator shall also use pay schedules when
implementing the results of salary changes by rule.
02/10 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/11 Rpt prt - to Com/HuRes
02/18 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/19 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/23 3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-0-2
AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bayer, Bell, Black,
Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins, Crow,
Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
Field(18), Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Henbest, Jaquet,
Jones, Kellogg, Kulczyk, Lake, Langford, Langhorst, Martinez,
McGeachin, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Naccarato,
Nielsen, Pasley-Stuart, Raybould, Ridinger, Ring, Ringo, Robison,
Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd, Shirley, Skippen,
Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills,
Wood, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Bedke, Roberts
Floor Sponsor - Lake
Title apvd - to Senate
02/24 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/10 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/11 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/18 3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw,
Cameron, Compton, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill,
Ingram, Kennedy, Keough, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McKenzie,
McWilliams, Noble, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Calabretta, Noh
Floor Sponsor - Compton
Title apvd - to House
03/19 To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/22 To Governor
03/24 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 319
Effective: 07/01/04
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 638
BY COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF STATE EMPLOYEES; AMENDING SECTION
3 67-5309A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE
4 THAT A BENEFIT SURVEY SHALL BE CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR THE PURPOSE SPECI-
5 FIED; AND AMENDING SECTION 67-5309B, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE
6 ADMINISTRATOR SHALL CONDUCT OR APPROVE BENEFIT SURVEYS, TO PROVIDE THAT
7 THE ADMINISTRATOR SHALL SUBMIT REPORTS OF THE RESULTS OF SALARY AND BENE-
8 FIT SURVEYS TO THE GOVERNOR BY DECEMBER FIRST OF EACH YEAR, TO PROVIDE
9 THAT THE GOVERNOR SHALL SUBMIT HIS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE, TO
10 PROVIDE FOR A LEGISLATIVE RESPONSE TO THE GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS, AND
11 TO PROVIDE THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR SHALL ALSO USE PAY SCHEDULES WHEN IMPLE-
12 MENTING THE RESULTS OF SALARY CHANGES BY RULE.
13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
14 SECTION 1. That Section 67-5309A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
15 amended to read as follows:
16 67-5309A. PERSONNEL BENEFITS. It is hereby declared to be the policy of
17 the legislature of the state of Idaho that all classified employees of like
18 classification and pay grade allocation shall be treated equally with refer-
19 ence to personnel benefits. It is the intent of the legislature that from time
20 to time it shall authorize a benefit survey shall be conducted annually for
21 the purpose of determining the relative level of personnel benefits provided
22 to state employees by comparing the benefits provided to state employees with
23 the benefits provided to employees of private employers within the state of
24 Idaho.
25 SECTION 2. That Section 67-5309B, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
26 amended to read as follows:
27 67-5309B. ESTABLISHING SALARIES. (a) The administrator of the division of
28 human resources shall determine the relative worth of each job classification
29 established pursuant to section 67-5309, Idaho Code, and, in making such
30 determination, shall utilize the guide chart profile method and correlated
31 factoring benchmark job classifications developed by Hay management consul-
32 tants, to ensure internal equity within the classified service.
33 (b) Job classifications established or revised by the administrator shall
34 be assigned by the administrator to a pay grade subject to the approval of the
35 administrator of the division of financial management, based on funding con-
36 siderations.
37 (c) The administrator shall conduct or approve salary and benefit surveys
38 within relevant labor markets to determine salary ranges that represent com-
39 petitive labor market average rates paid by private industry and other govern-
40 mental units for jobs of like value, based upon the guide chart profile system
41 described in subsection (a) of this section. The results of such surveys shall
2
1 be based on statistical, historical, or other economic factors. The factors
2 herein referred to shall include, but are not limited to, anticipated salary
3 adjustments for the positions surveyed, changes in cost-of-living as measured
4 by the consumer price index, and anticipated adjustments in the average weekly
5 wage in the state of Idaho, as defined and determined pursuant to section
6 72-409, Idaho Code.
7 (d) A report of the results of salary and benefit surveys and recommenda-
8 tions for changes in salaries, together with their estimated costs of imple-
9 mentation based on the competitive labor market average rate of each pay
10 grade, as approved by the administrator, shall be submitted to the governor
11 not later than the first day of October December of each year. If the governor
12 accepts the administrator's report, he shall submit it to the legislature
13 prior to the seventh legislative day of each session. If the governor does not
14 accept the report of the administrator, he The governor shall submit his own
15 report recommendations on proposed changes in salaries, and the
16 administrator's report, benefits to the legislature prior to the seventh leg-
17 islative day of each session. The legislature may, by concurrent resolution,
18 accept, modify or reject either report the recommendations. The failure of the
19 legislature to accept, modify or reject either report the recommendations
20 prior to adjournment sine die shall constitute approval of the governor's
21 report recommendations. The administrator shall implement the results of such
22 salary changes by rule, using the payline formulas and pay schedules approved
23 by the legislature and the mid-point of each pay grade established in section
24 67-5309C, Idaho Code.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 13952
This legislation will provide for an annual benefit survey
in conjunction with the annual salary survey and provides for a
later date to have the report of the results submitted to the
governor.
FISCAL IMPACT
None
Contact
Name: Rep. Lake
Phone: 208-332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 638