Reference is to Printer's Date 6/2/15-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 106 and inserting:
II. State Employee Benefits
B. Base Pay Increase
23,250,000 /
Amend the bill further, SECTION 4, Section 117, by adding the following Subdivision:
/ 117.125. (GP:
Employee Compensation) the amounts appropriated in Part IA,
Section 106 Statewide Employee Benefits (F30) for Employee Pay
Plan must be allocated by the Department of Administration to
the various state agencies to provide for employee pay increases
in accordance with the following plan:
(1)
With respect to classified and nonjudge
judicial classified employees, effective on the first pay date
that occurs on or after July first of the current fiscal year,
the compensation of all classified employees shall be increased
by one and one-half percent.
(2)
With respect to unclassified and nonjudge
judicial unclassified employees or unclassified executive
compensation system employees not elsewhere covered in this act,
effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after July
first of the current fiscal year the compensation of all
unclassified employees shall be increased by one and one-half
percent. Any employee subject to the provisions of this
paragraph shall not be eligible for compensation increases
provided in paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 5, or 6.
(3)
Effective on the first pay date that occurs
on or after July first of the current fiscal year, agency heads
not covered by the Agency Head Salary Commission, shall receive
an annualized base pay increase of one and one-half percent.
(4)
With respect to local health care providers
compensation increases shall be one and one-half percent
effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after July
first of the current fiscal year. With respect to Area Agencies
on Aging funded by the Lieutenant Governor's Office on
Aging, compensation shall be increased by one and one-half
percent effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after
July first of the current fiscal year. With respect to local
councils on aging or local providers of services funded by the
Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging through Area
Agencies on Aging, no pay increases will be allowed. School Bus
Driver salary and fringe funding to school districts shall be
increased by one and one-half percent.
(5)
Effective on the first pay date that occurs
on or after July first of the current fiscal year, the Chief
Justice and other judicial officers shall receive an annualized
base pay increase of one and one-half percent. In the event the
Chief Justice and other judicial officers receive a pay increase
in the Fiscal Year 2015-16 Appropriations Act, they shall not be
eligible to receive the additional one and one-half percent
authorized in this item.
(6)
Effective on the first pay date that occurs
on or after July first of the current fiscal year, county
auditors and county treasurers shall receive an annualized base
pay increase of one and one-half percent.
(7)
For the current fiscal year, the Department
of Administration is directed to review Executive Branch
agencies to determine whether their budgets warrant an other
fund authorization increase due to the one and one-half percent
compensation increase for all full-time employees. If so
warranted, the Department of Administration shall work with the
Office of the Comptroller General to increase such authorization
for the affected agencies.
(8)
The Department of Administration, the Office
of Comptroller General, and state agencies whose payroll is not
processed by the Office of Comptroller General are authorized to
implement employee pay increases described in this provision
retroactively to the first pay date that occurs on or after July
first of the current fiscal year.
The Executive Director of the
State Fiscal Accountability Authority is authorized to use
excess appropriations for the current fiscal year designated for
statewide employer contributions for other statewide purposes.
At the discretion of the Executive Director of the State Fiscal
Accountability Authority, such action may be considered a
permanent transfer into the receiving agency's base
budget.
Funds appropriated in Part
IA, F30, Section 106, Statewide Employee Benefits may be carried
forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal
year. /
Amend the bill further, SECTION 4, Section 117, by deleting Proviso 117.38.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.