TITLE: Relating to the state classification officer's periodic salary studies at state agencies experiencing high employee turnover rates.

SUMMARY: Relating to the state classification officer's periodic salary studies at state agencies experiencing high employee turnover rates.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the state classification officer's periodic salary studies at state agencies experiencing high employee turnover 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; and (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. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.