MINUTES OF THE

HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS STANDING COMMITTEE

Room 30, House Building

February 18, 2015

Members Present:                Rep. Jack Draxler, Chair

                                                Rep. Brad Daw, Vice Chair

                                                Rep. Patrice Arent

                                                Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck 

                                                Rep. Fred Cox

                                                Rep. Keith Grover

                                                Rep. Merrill Nelson

                                                Rep. Val Peterson 

Members Absent:                 Rep. Dean Sanpei

Members Excused:               Rep. Lee Perry

Staff Present:                        Mr. Brian Bean, Policy Analyst

                                                Ms. Kathy Gessel, Committee Secretary

Note:     A list of visitors and handouts are filed with committee minutes.

Vice Chair Daw called the meeting to order at 4:20 p.m.

MOTION:     Rep. Grover moved to approve the minutes of the February 11, 2015 and February 17, 2015 meetings. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Draxler, Rep. Nelson, and Rep. Peterson absent for the vote.

H.B. 72           Ballot Publishing Amendments (Rep. J. Knotwell)

Rep. Knotwell explained the bill.

MOTION:     Rep. Grover moved to replace H.B. 72 with 1st Sub. H.B. 72. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Draxler, Rep. Nelson, and Rep. Peterson absent for the vote.

MOTION:     Rep. Arent moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Draxler, Rep. Nelson, and Rep. Peterson absent for the vote.

MOTION:     Rep. Grover moved to place H.B. 72 on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Draxler, Rep. Nelson, and Rep. Peterson absent for the vote.

MOTION:     Rep. Arent moved to recess. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Draxler, Rep. Nelson, and Rep. Peterson absent for the vote.

Vice Chair Daw called the meeting back to order.

H.B. 239         Human Resource Management Market Research Amendments (Rep. E. Hutchings)

Rep. Hutchings explained the bill.

Spoke to the bill:        Vaughn Howard, Fraternal Order of Police

Spoke for the bill:       Debbie Cragun, Executive Director, Department of Human Resource Management

Danny Fuhr, Utah Highway Patrol

                                    Todd Losser, Executive Director, Utah Public Employee's Association

Kelly Atkinson, Fraternal Order of Police

Kory Holdaway, Utah Public Employee's Association

MOTION:     Rep. Peterson moved to amend the bill as follows:

1.    Page 1, Lines 22 through 24:   

22Other Special Clauses:

23    {  None  }   This bill provides a special effective date.  

24Utah Code Sections Affected:

2.    Page 8, Lines 233 through 237:      

233 (ii) legislatively approved salary adjustments within approved salary ranges, including

234a merit increase  , subject to Subsection (4)(f),  or general increase; and

235 (iii) structure adjustments that modify salary ranges, including a cost of living

236adjustment or market comparability adjustment.

          (f) A merit increase shall be granted on a uniform and consistent basis to each employee who receives a rating of "successful" or higher in an annual evaluation of the employee's productivity and performance.  

237 (5) (a) By October 31 of each year, the executive director shall submit an annual

3.    Page 9, Lines 249 through 262:      

249into the annual compensation plan.

250 [(viii) (A)] {  (ii) The executive director shall establish criteria to assure the adequacy and

251accuracy of the survey and shall use methods and techniques similar to and consistent with

252those used in private sector surveys.  }

253 [(B) Except as provided under Sections 67-19-12.1 and 67-19-12.3, the survey shall

254include a reasonable cross section of employers.]

255 [(C)] {  (iii)  }  (ii)  The executive director may cooperate with or participate in any survey

256conducted by other public and private employers.

257 [(D)] {  (iv)  }  (iii)  The executive director shall obtain information for the purpose of

258constructing the survey from the Division of Workforce Information and Payment Services and

259shall include employer name, number of persons employed by the employer, employer contact

260information and job titles, county code, and salary if available.

261 [(E)] {  (v)  }  (iv)  The department shall acquire and protect the needed records in compliance

262with the provisions of Section 35A-4-312.

4.    Page 9, Lines 268 through 269:      

268external market trends.

          (e) The executive director shall:

       (i) establish criteria to assure the adequacy and accuracy of data used to make recommendations described in this Subsection (5); and

       (ii) when preparing recommendations use accepted methodologies and techniques similar to and consistent with those used in the private sector.  

269 [(x)] {  (e)  }  (f)  The governor shall:

5.    Page 10, Line 276:     

276 [(xi)] {  (f)  }  (g)  If funding is approved by the Legislature in a general appropriations act, the

6.    Page 12, Line 349:     

349personnel pay plans.

        Section 7. Effective date.

       This bill takes effect on July 1, 2015.  

The motion passed unanimously.

MOTION:     Rep. Grover moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously.

MOTION:     Rep. Grover moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously.

Vice Chair Daw adjourned the meeting at 5:08 p.m.

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Rep. Jack Draxler, Chair