ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2520	By:	Murphey of the House

			  and

		Holt of the Senate

An Act relating to state government; enacting the Government Reorganization Act; prescribing requirements related to full-time-equivalent positions; providing for removal of certain authorizations; prohibiting hiring during certain period; providing for annual report; requiring Director of the Office of State Finance to publish certain performance metrics and standards; requiring state agencies to provide information; providing for information accessibility; requiring annual review and approval; requiring publication of report with respect to certain agency performance; providing for shared services contracts; providing for appeal of determination to the State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board; defining term; amending 62 O.S. 2011, Section 45.1, which relates to the Oklahoma Program Performance Budgeting and Accountability Act; modifying citation; providing for codification; and providing for noncodification.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law not to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Government Reorganization Act”.
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 840-3.17 of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Employees who share position identification numbers for a time period of one hundred eighty (180) days or more shall count in the cumulative total against the statutory limitation on full-time-equivalent employee positions for any agency. 
SECTION 3.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 840-3.18 of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
When a full-time-equivalent employee position remains vacant for a period of at least six (6) months without posting the position for hiring, the authorization for that position shall be removed from the agency.  The Office of State Finance shall not authorize the hiring of any position that remains vacant for at least six (6) months without posting the position for hiring, from the effective date of this act.  The Director of the Office of State Finance may grant an exception from the provisions of this section for cause provided that the Director of the Office of State Finance shall publish an annual report detailing the number of exemptions granted and the cause for which the exemptions are granted. 
SECTION 4.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 45.11 of Title 62, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  Pursuant to this act, the Director of the Office of State Finance shall cause to be published performance reporting metrics and standards for each state agency and agency-specific initiatives.  These metrics shall account for input, output and outcome measures and shall include not less than three consistent scales demonstrating that a performance standard has been achieved, partially achieved or not achieved.  At least one metric shall demonstrate the cost per person served by the agency. 
B.  State agencies shall provide information as required by the Director to assist in the development of performance reporting metrics and standards.
C.  State agencies shall report information as required by the Director to assist in the determination of the agencies’ success or failure to meet established performance reporting metrics.
D.  Performance metrics showing agency and agency department-level performance shall be published and prominently featured on the state Internet portal and through the direct domain performance.ok.gov.  This data shall be updated on a regular basis. 
E.  Performance metrics and standards shall be reviewed and approved annually. 
F.  Each year the Director of the Office of State Finance shall publish a report identifying the lowest performing state agencies.  The report shall be provided to the Governor, Speaker of the House and President Pro Tempore of the Senate and shall be electronically transmitted to all members of the House of Representatives and Senate and shall be prominently featured on the state Internet portal.  The report shall also describe and rank the agencies having the highest ratio of cost per person served. 
G.  Agencies whose performance ranks in the bottom ten percent (10%) of performance in relation to the performance metrics shall be considered eligible for entering into a shared services contract for administrative services with the Office of State Finance.
H.  An agency whose performance ranks in the bottom ten percent (10%) of performance in relation to the performance metrics may appeal this finding to the State Governmental Technology Applications Review Board and may request the State Auditor and Inspector to verify the veracity of the findings. 
I.  For the purposes of this section, "performance reporting metrics" shall mean a set of criteria which demonstrates the quantity and quality of work.
SECTION 5.     AMENDATORY     62 O.S. 2011, Section 45.1, is amended to read as follows:
Section 45.1  Sections 45.1 through 45.10 45.11 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Program Performance Budgeting and Accountability Act”.  All state agencies are to prepare and submit their budgetary systems in a program format.  In addition, all state agencies are to collect and identify data to measure performance of their programs.
Implementation of this act shall be designed to better prioritize state funding needs, reduce program duplication, enhance budgeting information necessary to improve the efficiency of state operations and improve state services to the public.
Passed the House of Representatives the 8th day of March, 2012.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2012.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate