ENROLLED SENATE
CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION NO. 24	By:	Brecheen of the Senate

			and

		Murphey of the House

A Concurrent Resolution directing the Committee for Incentive Awards for State Employees to meet and study certain proposals to increase awareness and promote the Incentive Awards for State Employees Act; requiring report by certain date; and directing distribution.

WHEREAS, increasing the efficiency of state agencies and lowering the costs of providing government services to the taxpaying citizens of our state is of vital importance to the members of this Legislature; and

WHEREAS, in 1984 the Incentive Awards for State Employees Act was enacted providing state employees monetary awards for using their creativity and knowledge to implement ideas for decreasing agency costs and increasing productivity; and

WHEREAS, there may be additional methods that could be used to reward employees for their efforts, such as authorizing bonus annual leave hours and utilizing state agency websites to publicize winning ideas so they might be adopted for use by other agencies if applicable; and

WHEREAS, the Committee for Incentive Awards for State Employees as created in Section 4112 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes is the appropriate group to study and consider additional suggestions designed to promote awareness of this act and encourage the utilization of this act by state employees and reduce the cost of providing governmental services for our state citizens.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE 2ND SESSION OF THE 53RD OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN:

THAT the Committee for Incentive Awards for State Employees shall meet and study the proposals herein and the incentive programs enacted by other states for additional incentives that might be adopted for use in our state program and suggestions to further promote and increase awareness of the program throughout the agencies of this state.  The Committee shall report its findings along with any recommendations no later than December 1, 2012, to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THAT a copy of this resolution be distributed to the Governor, the Director of Central Services and the chair of the Committee for Incentive Awards for State Employees.

Adopted by the Senate the 7th day of May, 2012.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate

Adopted by the House of Representatives the 14th day of May, 2012.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives