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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill creates the State Employee Cost Cutting Reporting Initiative.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ creates the State Employee Cost Cutting Reporting Initiative;
13 ▸ directs the Department of Human Resource Management to administer the
14 initiative; and
15 ▸ provides rulemaking authority.
16 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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18 Other Special Clauses:
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20 Utah Code Sections Affected:
21 ENACTS:
22 67-19-45, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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24 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25 Section 1. Section 67-19-45 is enacted to read:
26 67-19-45. Creation of the State Employee Cost Cutting Reporting Initiative --
27 Rulemaking authority.
28 (1) No later than January 1, 2021, the department shall establish the State Employee
29 Cost Cutting Reporting Initiative to allow a state employee to anonymously report through an
30 online reporting tool any cost cutting measure, idea for optimizing the use of state funds, or
31 inefficient use or misuse of taxpayer dollars that the employee becomes aware of in the course
32 of the employee's state employment.
33 (2) The department shall:
34 (a) create and maintain the online reporting tool described in Subsection (1);
35 (b) inform state employees of the initiative and encourage state employees to use the
36 online reporting tool; and
37 (c) encourage a state employee who intends to separate from state employment to use
38 the online reporting tool on or before the state employee separates from state employment.
39 (3) The department shall compile the information submitted through the online
40 reporting tool into an annual report and provide a copy of the report to the Executive
41 Appropriations Committee, the Government Operations Interim Committee, the Governor's
42 Office of Management and Budget, and the state auditor.
43 (4) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
44 department may make rules to implement the provisions of this section.