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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 289
BY SENATOR DONAHUE
AN ACT1
To enact Chapter 28 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised2
of R.S. 42:1601, relative to the Department of State Civil Service; to provide for3
reporting of employee turnover; to require the department to report each year to the4
Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget regarding the employee turnover; to5
provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. Chapter 28 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,8
comprised of R.S. 42:1601, is hereby enacted to read as follows: 9
CHAPTER 28. REPORTING OF STATE EMPLOYEE TURNOVER RATE10
ยง1601. Duty to report11
A. The Department of State Civil Service shall collect data regarding the12
turnover of state employees within each agency, as defined in R.S. 39:2(2). The13
department shall prepare and submit reports compiling and analyzing such14
data to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget as further provided in15
this Section. The reports may provide any information the department deems16
appropriate, and shall at a minimum include the following:17
(1) The turnover and turnover rate for each agency and the costs18
associated with that turnover.19
(2) The five job classifications with the highest turnover rates for the20
previous year.21
(3) The five agencies and the five job classifications for which the cost of22
turnover is highest for the previous year.23
B. The first report required pursuant to this Section shall be submitted24
on or before December 15, 2010. Subsequent reports shall be submitted by the25
fifteenth of December in each calendar year and shall contain information26
reported for previous years up to and including the previous ten years of27
ACT No. 879 SB NO. 289 ENROLLED
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information reported pursuant to this Section.1
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010; if vetoed by the governor2
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,3
2010, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.4
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: