Bill Text: TX HB3149 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to pilot programs to implement a management methodology for the improvement of operations and reduction of costs for certain state agencies.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 8)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-04 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB3149 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3149-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Torres, Garza, Harper-Brown, Zedler, | H.B. No. 3149 | ||
| Isaac, et al. | |||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3149: | |||
| By: Zedler | C.S.H.B. No. 3149 | ||
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| relating to pilot programs to implement a management methodology | ||
| for the improvement of operations and reduction of costs for | ||
| certain state agencies. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 301, Labor Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 301.068 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 301.068. EFFICIENCY PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The | ||
| commission shall establish a pilot program to: | ||
| (1) improve the efficiency and quality of commission | ||
| operations while reducing costs; and | ||
| (2) adopt a structured approach for identifying the | ||
| wasteful use of state resources and improving commission processes. | ||
| (b) In implementing the pilot program, the commission shall | ||
| use: | ||
| (1) a methodology that includes a define, measure, | ||
| analyze, improve, and control structure for reviewing project | ||
| management; | ||
| (2) a continuous improvement technique that: | ||
| (A) identifies value and a value stream; | ||
| (B) creates a flow for activities; | ||
| (C) allows consumers to pull products or services | ||
| through the process; and | ||
| (D) allows for the process to be perfected over | ||
| time; and | ||
| (3) a measurement system analysis to evaluate data. | ||
| (c) The commission shall conduct an internal performance | ||
| audit to assess the effectiveness of the pilot program implemented | ||
| under this section. | ||
| (d) Not later than August 1, 2012, the commission shall | ||
| submit a written report of the results of the performance audit to | ||
| the: | ||
| (1) governor; | ||
| (2) lieutenant governor; | ||
| (3) speaker of the house of representatives; | ||
| (4) Senate Committee on Government Organization; | ||
| (5) House Government Efficiency and Reform Committee; | ||
| and | ||
| (6) house and senate committees with primary | ||
| jurisdiction over state affairs. | ||
| (e) The commission shall implement the pilot program from | ||
| available funds that may be used for that purpose. | ||
| (f) A state agency, other than the commission, may implement | ||
| the pilot program established under this section with respect to | ||
| the agency. An agency that implements the pilot program shall: | ||
| (1) conduct the performance audit and submit the | ||
| written report in the time and manner described by Subsections (c) | ||
| and (d); and | ||
| (2) use available resources to fund the pilot program. | ||
| (g) A report required by this section may be submitted | ||
| electronically. | ||
| (h) This section expires September 1, 2013. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
