(Doc Name H:\LEGWORK\HOUSE\AMEND\H-WM\001\300 BONUS2.DOCX):
EXPLANATION: provide a bonus for employees earning less than $35,000 from funds formerly designated for competitive grants
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, by amending amendment no. 37, doc no. h:\legwork\house\amend\h-wm\001\118.14 Litigation Recovery.docx, page 506, by striking the amendment in its entirety and inserting:
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 118,
STATEWIDE REVENUE, page 506, paragraph 118.14, line 13, by
striking /$10,183,789/ and inserting
/$16,183,789/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 118,
STATEWIDE REVENUE, page 506, paragraph 118.14, line 14, by
striking:/ (3) $6,000,000 from the Litigation Recovery
Account /
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 118,
STATEWIDE REVENUE, page 507, paragraph 118.14, item (12) line
35, by striking:
/ Competitive Grants $6,000,000 / and inserting:
/Employee Pay Bonus $6,000,000/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 118,
STATEWIDE REVENUE, page 507, after line 35, by inserting an
appropriately numbered subitem under item (12) to read:
( .1)
From the funds appropriated above in item (12),
effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after the date
the funds become available, the Department of Administration
shall allocate to state agencies $6,000,000 to provide for a
one-time lump sum bonus. Each permanent state employee, in a
full-time equivalent position, who has been in continuous state
service for at least six months prior to July 1, 2017, and who
earns less than $35,000, regardless of the employee's salary
source of funding shall receive a one-time lump sum payment.
The Executive Budget Office shall determine the number of
employees that qualify for the bonus in this provision and shall
determine the amount of the bonus with the funding contained in
this provision based upon the number of eligible employees.
This payment is not a part of the state employee's base
salary and is not earnable compensation for purposes of employer
or employee contributions to respective retirement systems. The
earnings limit in Proviso 117.55 does not apply to this bonus.
If only a portion of the $6,000,000 becomes available, then the
one-time lump sum payment to each qualified employee must be
reduced proportionately.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.