House of Representatives

HB 2417

state employee salaries

Sponsors: Representative Brimhall

 

DPA

Committee on Retirement & Government Operations

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Committee on Appropriations

 

Caucus and COW

This bill as introduced contains an Appropriation clause.

 

As Passed the House

 

HB 2417 makes salary adjustments for state officers and employees by appropriating $188,811,514 in FY 2001-02 and $191,076,378 in FY 2002-03 and makes unspecified classification maintenance review adjustments.

 

History

Laws 1997, Chapter 3, 1st Special Session, established the Joint Legislative Study Committee (JLSC) on State Employee Compensation.  The purpose of the Committee has been to study the various state personnel systems, state employee compensation and related issues: including salary, benefits, employee turnover, and compare other public and private employers to state employers.  Additionally, the Committee has reviewed all payroll deductions made from state employee salaries pursuant to A.R.S. 36-612 and considered issues concerning state employee medical and dental insurance coverage; including issues relating to the size of the risk pool and the type of coverage provided to state employees.

 

Laws 1998, Chapter 292, Section 17, recognized a legislative intent describing that the legislature realizes the value of state employees and recommends that state employee salaries be raised to a competitive level (within 5% of market) by the end of FY 2002-03.  Additionally, the JLSC on State Employee Compensation was continued for five years, until January 1, 2004. 

 

During the 2000 interim, five personnel systems presented to the Committee their salary requests specifying their employee compensation funding increases necessary to fulfill the legislative intent to compensate state employees within 5% of market by the end of FY 2002-2003.  Therefore, the total recommendation package of the JLSC on State Employee Compensation for state employee compensation is $379,887,892 by FY 2002-03. 

 

 

Provisions

·                      Appropriates $188,811,514 in FY 2001-02 and $191,076,378 in FY 2002-03 for state employee salary adjustments in unspecified amounts from the state general fund and various other appropriated funds which state agencies are either partially or completely funded.

 

·                      Appropriates unspecified amounts in FY 2001-02 and FY 2002-03 for state employee classification maintenance review adjustments from the state general fund and various other appropriated funds which state agencies are either partially or completely funded.

 

HB 2417 was amended in the Retirement and Government Operations Committee as follows: 

 

·        Changes the salary adjustment figures for FY 2001-02 from $188,811,514 to $156,000,000 and the salary adjustment figures for FY 2002-03 from $379,887,378 to  $312,900,000.

·        Describes the adjustments as special market adjustment and merit increases, as well as salary adjustments.

·        Prescribes that all employees are brought within five per cent of market by the end of FY 2002-03.

·        Makes technical changes to the bill which fulfill the JLSC on State Employee Compensation’s goals.

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·        44th Legislature                                                                                                                             

·        Second Regular Session                             2                                                        February 6, 2001

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