Bill Text: IA SSB1213 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A study bill for an act concerning the categorization and reporting of compensation provided to executive branch employees.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (N/A - Dead) 2013-02-27 - State Government: Danielson Chair,Jochum, and Smith, R.. [SSB1213 Detail]

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Senate Study Bill 1213 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DANIELSON) A BILL FOR An Act concerning the categorization and reporting of 1 compensation provided to executive branch employees. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1860XC (2) 85 ec/sc
S.F. _____ Section 1. STATE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION REPORTING —— REPORT. 1 1. The department of administrative services, in 2 coordination with the department of management, shall conduct 3 a study relative to the categorization and reporting of 4 executive branch employee compensation and shall develop an 5 implementation plan based on its findings and recommendations. 6 The study shall consider for implementation a consistent method 7 for classifying and reporting additional remuneration or pay 8 provided an employee in the executive branch that is beyond the 9 employee’s base salary and is in the form of a bonus, including 10 but not limited to a retention bonus, recruitment bonus, 11 exceptional job performance pay, extraordinary job performance 12 pay, exceptional performance pay, extraordinary duty pay, or 13 extraordinary or special duty pay, and any extra benefit not 14 otherwise provided to other similarly situated employees. 15 2. The department of administrative services shall, by 16 January 1, 2014, implement the study plan and shall include the 17 enhanced compensation reporting in the annual salary report 18 required under section 8A.341, subsection 2, and provided by 19 the department pursuant to section 8A.111. The department 20 shall submit a report of the study, including its findings 21 and recommendations and implementation plan, to the general 22 assembly by November 1, 2014. 23 EXPLANATION 24 This bill requires the department of administrative 25 services, in coordination with the department of management, to 26 conduct a study relative to the categorization and reporting 27 of executive branch employee compensation and to implement 28 its findings and recommendations by January 1, 2014. The 29 bill requires the department to study for implementation a 30 consistent method for reporting bonus pay received by executive 31 branch employees. The department shall submit a report to 32 the general assembly concerning the results of this study by 33 November 1, 2014. 34 -1- LSB 1860XC (2) 85 ec/sc 1/ 1
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