Reps. COBB-HUNTER, Brawley, King, Matthews, Rivers, Garvin, J. L. Johnson, S. Williams, and K. Johnson propose the following Amendment No.     to H.4100 as introduced by Ways & Means

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EXPLANATION: Reduce Pandemic Stabilization Reserve Fund by $41,500,000 and use those funds to provide a two and a half percent pay raise to state employees making $75,000 or less.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 118, STATEWIDE REVENUE, page 529, paragraph 118.18, line 34, opposite Pandemic Stabilization Fund, by striking /$500,000,000/ and inserting /$458,500,000/

Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 118, STATEWIDE REVENUE, page 531, after line 33, by inserting appropriately numbered items to read:

/ ( ) D500- Department of Administration

Executive Budget Office

Employee Pay Increase $41,500,000

( .1) The amounts appropriated above to the Department of Administration for Employee Pay Increase must be allocated by the Executive Budget Office to the various state agencies to provide for employee pay increases 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 with a base salary of $75,000 or less shall be increased by two and a half 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 with a base salary of $75,000 or less shall be increased by two and a half percent. Any employee subject to the provisions of this paragraph shall not be eligible for compensation increases provided in paragraphs 1, 3, or 4.

(3) With respect to local health care providers with a base salary of $75,000 or less, compensation increases shall be two and a half 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 Department on Aging, compensation shall be increased by two and a half percent for those employees with a base salary of $75,000 or less 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 Department 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 two and a half percent.

(4) For Fiscal Year 2021-22, 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 and a half percent compensation increase for all full time employees with a base salary of $75,000 or less. If so warranted, the Executive Budget Office shall work with the Office of the Comptroller General to increase such authorization for the affected agencies.

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./

Amend totals and titles to conform.