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PAYROLL SERVICES AMENDMENTS

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2015 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Robert M. Spendlove

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Senate Sponsor: Aaron Osmond

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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
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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.]:
35          (A) the Office of the Attorney General;
36          (B) the Office of the State Treasurer;
37          (C) the Office of the State Auditor;
38          (D) the Department of Transportation;
39          (E) the Department of Technology Services;
40          (F) the Department of Public Safety;
41          (G) the Department of Natural Resources; or
42          (H) the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
43          (b) (i) "Payroll services" means using the central payroll system as directed by the
44     Division of Finance to:
45          (A) enter and validate payroll reimbursements, which include reimbursements for
46     mileage, a service award, and other wage types;
47          (B) calculate, process, and validate a retirement;
48          (C) enter a leave adjustment; and
49          (D) certify payroll by ensuring an entry complies with a rule or policy adopted by the
50     department or the Division of Finance.
51          (ii) "Payroll services" does not mean:
52          (A) a function related to payroll that is performed by an employee of the Division of
53     Finance;
54          (B) a function related to payroll that is performed by an executive branch agency on
55     behalf of a person who is not an employee of the executive branch agency;
56          (C) the entry of time worked by an executive branch agency employee into the central
57     payroll system; or

58          (D) approval or verification by a supervisor or designee of the entry of time worked.
59          (2) The department shall provide payroll services to all executive branch entities.
60          (3) After September 19, 2012, an executive branch entity, other than the department or
61     the Division of Finance, may not create a full-time equivalent position or part-time position, or
62     request an appropriation to fund a full-time equivalent position or part-time position for the
63     purpose of providing payroll services to the entity.
64          (4) The Department of Transportation, the Department of Technology Services, and the
65     Department of Natural Resources shall report on the inability to transfer payroll services to the
66     department or the progress of transferring payroll services to the department:
67          (a) to the Government Operations Interim Committee before October 30, 2012; and
68          (b) to the Infrastructure and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee on or
69     before February 11, 2013.