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SENATE BILL NO. 1337 – State employees, 1% salary increase

SENATE BILL NO. 1337

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S1337.......................................by COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES
STATE EMPLOYEES - Amends existing law to provide that the first one percent
of any salary increase shall be awarded to all employees regardless of
merit.
                                                                        
02/16    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/17    Rpt prt - to Com/HuRes

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1337
                                                                        
                         BY COMMERCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO ESTABLISHING SALARIES; AMENDING SECTION 67-5309B, IDAHO  CODE,  TO
  3        PROVIDE  THAT  THE FIRST ONE PERCENT OF ANY INCREASE IN SALARIES FOR STATE
  4        EMPLOYEES SHALL BE AWARDED TO  ALL  EMPLOYEES  REGARDLESS  OF  MERIT;  AND
  5        DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That Section 67-5309B, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        67-5309B.  ESTABLISHING SALARIES. (a) The administrator of the division of
 10    human resources shall determine the relative worth of each job  classification
 11    established  pursuant  to  section  67-5309,  Idaho  Code, and, in making such
 12    determination, shall utilize the guide chart  profile  method  and  correlated
 13    factoring  benchmark  job  classifications developed by Hay management consul-
 14    tants, to ensure internal equity within the classified service.
 15        (b)  Job classifications established or revised by the administrator shall
 16    be assigned by the administrator to a pay grade subject to the approval of the
 17    administrator of the division of financial management, based on  funding  con-
 18    siderations.
 19        (c)  The administrator shall conduct or approve salary surveys within rel-
 20    evant  labor  markets  to  determine  salary ranges that represent competitive
 21    labor market average rates paid by private  industry  and  other  governmental
 22    units  for  jobs  of  like  value,  based  upon the guide chart profile system
 23    described in subsection (a) of this section. The results of such surveys shall
 24    be based on statistical, historical, or other economic  factors.  The  factors
 25    herein  referred  to shall include, but are not limited to, anticipated salary
 26    adjustments for the positions surveyed, changes in cost-of-living as  measured
 27    by the consumer price index, and anticipated adjustments in the average weekly
 28    wage  in  the  state  of  Idaho, as defined and determined pursuant to section
 29    72-409, Idaho Code.
 30        (d)  A report of the results of salary  surveys  and  recommendations  for
 31    changes  in  salaries,  together  with their estimated costs of implementation
 32    based on the competitive labor market average  rate  of  each  pay  grade,  as
 33    approved  by  the  administrator, shall be submitted to the governor not later
 34    than the first day of October of  each  year.  If  the  governor  accepts  the
 35    administrator's  report,  he  shall  submit it to the legislature prior to the
 36    seventh legislative day of each session. If the governor does not  accept  the
 37    report  of  the  administrator,  he  shall  submit  his own report on proposed
 38    changes in salaries, and the administrator's report, to the legislature  prior
 39    to  the  seventh legislative day of each session. The legislature may, by con-
 40    current resolution, accept, modify or reject either report. The failure of the
 41    legislature to accept, modify or reject either  report  prior  to  adjournment
 42    sine die shall constitute approval of the governor's report. The administrator
 43    shall  implement the results of such salary changes by rule, using the payline
                                                                        
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  1    formulas approved by the legislature and  the  mid-point  of  each  pay  grade
  2    established  in section 67-5309C, Idaho Code. Notwithstanding any other provi-
  3    sion of law to the contrary, the first one percent (1%)  of  any  increase  in
  4    salaries  for  state employees shall be awarded to all employees regardless of
  5    merit.
                                                                        
  6        SECTION 2.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
  7    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
  8    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                            RS 14001C2


If enacted, this bill will require that the first one percent of
any pay increase for State Employees will be distributed across the
board.


                          FISCAL IMPACT

There is no fiscal impact.






Contact
Name: Senator Mike Burkett
Phone: 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                     S 1337