By: Whitmire S.B. No. 1726
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the state classification officer's periodic salary
studies at state agencies experiencing high employee turnover or
attrition rates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 654.037, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Each state fiscal biennium, the classification officer
shall:
(1) identify each agency of state government that
experienced an employee turnover or attrition rate exceeding 17
percent during the preceding state fiscal biennium;
(2) conduct with respect to each agency described by
Subdivision (1) a comparative study of salary rates at the agency as
described by Subsection (a)(1) and report the findings of those
studies as required by Subsection (a)(2); and
(3) include in its study and report for each agency
under this subsection:
(A) a comparison of the mean average salary
currently paid at the agency with the market average maximum base
pay for similar work performed in other governmental units and in
industry;
(B) a comparison of the mean average salary
currently paid at the agency with the market average mid-range base
pay for similar work performed in other governmental units and in
industry; and
(C) an analysis of the probable reasons for the
high turnover or attrition rate.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.