View Amendment Current Amendment: 103 to Bill 5001 Rep. DOUGLAS proposes the following Amendment No. to H.5001 as introduced by Ways & Means
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EXPLANATION: Direct that the 2% pay increase only applies to employees who earn less than $75,000

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 117, GENERAL PROVISIONS, page 485, paragraph 117.118, lines 1 - 32, by striking the proviso in its entirety and by inserting:
/      117.118.      (GP: Employee Compensation) The amounts appropriated to the Department of Administration F300-Statewide Employee Benefits for Employee Pay Increases must be allocated by the department Department of Administration, Executive Budget Office to the various state agencies to provide for employee pay increases for state employees whose annual equivalent salary on July 1, 2016, is less than $75,000 in accordance with the following plan:
           (1)      With respect to classified and non-judge judicial classified employees, effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after July first of the current fiscal year, the compensation of all classified employees shall be increased by zero two percent.
           (2)      With respect to unclassified and non-judge judicial unclassified employees or unclassified executive compensation system employees not elsewhere covered in this act, effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after July first of the current fiscal year the compensation of all unclassified employees shall be increased by zero two percent. Any employee subject to the provisions of this paragraph shall not be eligible for compensation increases provided in paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 5, or 6.
           (3)      Effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after July first of the current fiscal year, agency heads not covered by the Agency Head Salary Commission, shall receive an annualized base pay increase of zero two percent.
           (4)      With respect to local health care providers compensation increases shall be zero two percent effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after July first of the current fiscal year. With respect to Area Agencies on Aging funded by the Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging, compensation shall be increased by zero two percent effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after July first of the current fiscal year. With respect to local councils on aging or local providers of services funded by the Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging through Area Agencies on Aging, no pay increases will be allowed. School Bus Driver salary and fringe funding to school districts shall be increased by zero two percent.
           (5)      Effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after July first of the current fiscal year, the Chief Justice and other judicial officers shall receive an annualized base pay increase of zero two percent.
           (6)      Effective on the first pay date that occurs on or after July first of the current fiscal year, county auditors and county treasurers shall receive an annualized base pay increase of zero two percent.
           (7)      For Fiscal Year 2016-17, the Executive Budget Office is directed to review Executive Branch agencies to determine whether their budgets warrant an other fund authorization increase due to the two percent compensation increase for all full-time employees. If so warranted, the Executive Budget Office shall work with the Office of the Comptroller General to increase such authorization for the affected agencies.
     Notwithstanding the provisions of items (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6), state employees whose annual equivalent salary is $75,000 or greater on July, 1, 2016, shall not be eligible to receive the two percent base pay increase.
     The Department of Administration shall allocate associated compensation increases for retirement employer contributions based on the retirement rate of the retirement system in which individual employees participate.
     The Executive Director of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority is authorized to use excess appropriations for the current fiscal year designated for statewide employer contributions for other statewide purposes. At the discretion of the Executive Director of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, such action may be considered a permanent transfer into the receiving agency's base budget.
     Funds appropriated in Part IA, F300, Section 106, Statewide Employee Benefits may be carried forward from the prior fiscal year into the current fiscal year.

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