H.B. 333

             1     

PAYROLL SERVICES AMENDMENTS

             2     
2014 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Robert M. Spendlove

             5     
Senate Sponsor: Patricia W. Jones

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill enacts language related to payroll services for Utah Schools for the Deaf and
             10      the Blind.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    amends the definition of executive branch entities that are provided payroll services
             14      by the Department of Human Resource Management to exclude Utah Schools for
             15      the Deaf and the Blind.
             16      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             17          None
             18      Other Special Clauses:
             19          None
             20      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             21      AMENDS:
             22           67-19-13.5 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapters 128 and 278
             23     
             24      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             25          Section 1. Section 67-19-13.5 is amended to read:
             26           67-19-13.5. Department provides payroll services to executive branch agencies --
             27      Report.


             28          (1) As used in this section:
             29          (a) (i) "Executive branch entity" means a department, division, agency, board, or office
             30      within the executive branch of state government that employs a person who is paid through the
             31      central payroll system developed by the Division of Finance as of December 31, 2011.
             32          (ii) "Executive branch entity" does not include the Offices of the Attorney General,
             33      State Treasurer, State Auditor, Departments of Transportation, Technology Services, Public
             34      Safety, [or] Natural Resources, or Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
             35          (b) (i) "Payroll services" means using the central payroll system as directed by the
             36      Division of Finance to:
             37          (A) enter and validate payroll reimbursements, which include reimbursements for
             38      mileage, a service award, and other wage types;
             39          (B) calculate, process, and validate a retirement;
             40          (C) enter a leave adjustment; and
             41          (D) certify payroll by ensuring an entry complies with a rule or policy adopted by the
             42      department or the Division of Finance.
             43          (ii) "Payroll services" does not mean:
             44          (A) a function related to payroll that is performed by an employee of the Division of
             45      Finance;
             46          (B) a function related to payroll that is performed by an executive branch agency on
             47      behalf of a person who is not an employee of the executive branch agency;
             48          (C) the entry of time worked by an executive branch agency employee into the central
             49      payroll system; or
             50          (D) approval or verification by a supervisor or designee of the entry of time worked.
             51          (2) The department shall provide payroll services to all executive branch entities.
             52          (3) After September 19, 2012, an executive branch entity, other than the department or
             53      the Division of Finance, may not create a full-time equivalent position or part-time position, or
             54      request an appropriation to fund a full-time equivalent position or part-time position for the
             55      purpose of providing payroll services to the entity.
             56          (4) The Department of Transportation, the Department of Technology Services, and the
             57      Department of Natural Resources shall report on the inability to transfer payroll services to the
             58      department or the progress of transferring payroll services to the department:


             59          (a) to the Government Operations Interim Committee before October 30, 2012; and
             60          (b) to the Infrastructure and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee on or
             61      before February 11, 2013.




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