6090-S.E AMH .... FRAS 138

ESSB 6090 - H AMD TO APP COMM AMD (H-3010.5/05)

By Representative Clements

   On page 165, after line 10, insert:

   "NEW SECTION. Sec. 721. TWO PERCENT PERSONNEL REDUCTION IN CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS.  

   (1) The office of financial management shall work with selected state agencies to generate savings of $20,124,000, of which $6,895,000 shall be from the state general fund appropriations, that can arise from a two percent employee reduction in selected state agencies.

   (2) The reduction will be phased in over the course of the biennium so that the staffing level of each state agency is reduced by two percent on June 30, 2007. The reduction of two percent shall be applied to the level of staffing assumed in the appropriations made in this act.

   (3) For the purposes of this section, "selected agencies" means the office of the governor, the office of financial management, the department of agriculture, the department of community, trade, and economic development, the department of ecology, the employment security department, the department of fish and wildlife, the department of general administration, the department of health, the department of information systems, the department of labor and industries, the department of personnel, the department of retirement systems, the department of revenue, and the department of social and health services, excluding the divisions of mental health, developmental disabilities, and children and family services.

   (4) The office of financial management shall direct agencies to place these savings in reserve status.

   (5) Savings generated in agencies by the implementation of these reductions shall not be considered unspent general fund appropriations for purposes of sections 722 and 723 of this act and shall remain in the state general fund.

   (6) The office of financial management shall report to the fiscal committees of the legislature on the implementation of this section no later than June 30, 2006, and again no later than June 30, 2007. The report will include the following information for each position eliminated: (a) job classification; (b) date the position was eliminated; (c) the amount saved by fund source; (d) whether the employee who previously held the vacated position still works in another position within the agency; and (e) whether the employee who previously held the vacated position still works in any other state agency."

   Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

EFFECT: Directs selected agencies to, by June 30, 2007, reduce their staffing level by two percent from the level otherwise assumed by the appropriations made in the remainder of the act.

Selected agencies include the Office of the Governor, the Office of Financial Management, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development, the Department of Ecology, the Employment Security Department, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Department of General Administration, the Department of Health, the Department of Information Systems, the Department of Labor and Industries, the Department of Personnel, the Department of Retirement Systems, the Department of Revenue, and the Department of Social and Health Services, excluding the Mental Health Division, the Division of Developmental Disabilities, and the Children & Family Services Division.

OFM is required to report to the legislature on the implementation of this reduction including amounts saved and whether employees who occupied eliminated positions are still working in state government.

Savings achieved by this section will remain in the ending fund balance of the account where those savings were earned, including savings from the state general fund.

FISCAL IMPACT: Reduces General Fund-State by $6,895,000.

Reduces Other Funds by $13,228,000.