Bill Text: OR HB2020 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to state agency employees; and declaring an emergency.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-7-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-07-06 - Chapter 603, (2011 Laws): Effective date July 6, 2011. [HB2020 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2020-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 3979

                         House Bill 2020

Sponsored by Representative BUCKLEY, Senator DEVLIN;
  Representatives BEYER, JENSON, NOLAN, G SMITH, WHISNANT,
  Senators BATES, BOQUIST, MONROE, WHITSETT, WINTERS

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Directs state agencies to report to Joint Committee on Ways and
Means ratio of agency employees to supervisory employees, ratio
of agency employees to managerial employees and number of
positions for managerial employees who do not act in supervisory
capacity.
  Directs committee to develop plan for each state agency with
more than 100 employees to attain ratio of public employees to
supervisory or managerial employees of 11 to 1.
  Provides exception if committee determines it is not possible
for agency to attain ratio of 11 to 1. Directs committee to set
specific ratio and develop plan to attain ratio.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to state agency employees; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As part of the development of the
legislatively adopted budget, during each odd-numbered year
regular session of the Legislative Assembly, each state agency
shall report to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means the
following information for each division or organizational unit of
the state agency:
  (a) The ratio of public employees to supervisory employees;
  (b) The ratio of public employees to managerial employees; and
  (c) The number of authorized positions for managerial employees
who do not act in a supervisory capacity and a description of the
duties assigned to these positions.
  (2) In developing the legislatively approved budget, for each
state agency with more than 100 employees, the Joint Committee on
Ways and Means shall develop a plan, for each division or
organizational unit of the state agency, to attain a ratio of
public employees to supervisory employees or managerial employees
acting in a supervisory capacity of 11 to 1. The plan may provide
for a transition to the ratio during a period lasting more than
one biennium.
  (3) If, due to the nature of the services a state agency
provides, the Joint Committee on Ways and Means determines that
it is not possible for a state agency to attain the ratio
required under subsection (2) of this section, the committee
shall develop a plan, for each division or organizational unit of
the state agency, that sets a specified ratio for the state
agency. The plan may provide for a transition to the specified
ratio during a period lasting more than one biennium.
  (4) As used in this section:
  (a) 'Legislatively adopted budget' means the budget enacted by
the Legislative Assembly during a regular session.
  (b) 'Managerial employee' has the meaning given that term in
ORS 243.650.
  (c) 'Public employee' has the meaning given that term in ORS
243.650.
  (d) 'State agency' means every state officer, board,
commission, department, institution, branch or agency of the
state government whose costs are paid wholly or in part from
funds held in the State Treasury.
  (e) 'Supervisory employee' has the meaning given that term in
ORS 243.650. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2011 Act first applies to the
legislatively approved budget for the biennium beginning July 1,
2011. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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