Revision: Jan. 20, 2022, 9:32 a.m.
Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29
December 7, 2021
2022-0002h
07/10
Amendment to HB 1288
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to the terms for certain officers and the names, duties, and funds of certain divisions within the department of administrative services.
Amend the bill by replacing all after section 1 with the following:
2 Department of Administrative Services; Division of Financial Data Management Modified. RSA 21-I:5 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
21-I:5 Division of Enterprise Operations Management. There is hereby established within the department a division of enterprise operations management under the supervision of an unclassified director of enterprise operations management who shall be responsible for the following functions in accordance with applicable laws:
I. Sustaining and advancing the state's enterprise resource planning (ERP) software application to develop and implement statewide processes promoting legal compliance, sound business practices, and technical solutions.
II. Planning, managing, and operating the state's ERP including financial, human resources, benefits, payroll, scheduling, timekeeping, and budgeting systems.
III. Providing, selecting, developing, modifying, and guiding the deployment of technical software products and supports.
IV. Assisting state employees in their use of the enterprise application and peripheral systems.
V. Providing such other technical supports as directed by the commissioner.
3 Compensation of Certain State Officers; Renaming the Position of Director of Financial Data Management. Amend the following position under letter grade HH in RSA 94:1-a, I(b) to read as follows:
HH Department of administrative services director of [financial data management]
enterprise operations management
4 Transfer. The books, papers, personnel obligations, and assets of the former division of financial data management shall transfer to the division of enterprise operations management without interruption or further action. The incumbent director of financial data management, on the effective date of this act, shall serve as the director of enterprise resource management for the remainder of his or her term as director of financial data management, unless earlier resigned, retired, terminated, or otherwise ceasing service in that capacity, in accordance with applicable law.
5 Department of Administrative Services; Division of Personnel; Task Force Revised. Amend RSA 21-I:42, II to read as follows:
II. Preparing, maintaining and periodically revising a position classification plan for all positions in the classified service, based upon similarity of duties performed and responsibilities assumed so that the same qualifications may reasonably be required for, and the same schedule of pay may be equitably applied to, all positions in the same classification. Any new position classification plan shall be based upon the recommendations of [the personnel system task force] a stakeholders group overseen by the director of personnel and shall not be considered a rule subject to RSA 541-A. The plan shall be prepared with due consideration for:
(a) The availability of personnel capable of filling the requirements of any position; and
(b) Any requirement for an employee to live on the premises of the place of employment as a condition of employment.
6 Department of Administrative Services; Division of Personnel; Task Force Revised. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 21-I:42, XIII to read as follows:
XIII. Developing and implementing, in accordance with the recommendations of [the personnel system task force] a stakeholders group overseen by the director of personnel, a performance evaluation system for all classified employees. The evaluation system shall include the following elements:
7 Department of Administrative Services; Division of Personnel; Education and Training Fund; Amount Increased. Amend the introductory subparagraph of RSA 21-I:42, XVII(a) to read as follows:
(a) A nonlapsing revolving fund, which shall not exceed [$20,000] $100,000 on June 30 of each year, shall be established in the division of personnel, department of administrative services. Any amounts in excess of [$20,000] $100,000 on June 30 of each year shall be deposited in the general fund as unrestricted revenue. The moneys in this fund shall be used for the purpose of:
8 Judicial Conduct Commission; Administrative Support; Enterprise Operations Included. Amend RSA 494-A:18 to read as follows:
494-A:18 Administrative Support. Notwithstanding RSA 494-A:1, upon request of the commission, the department of administrative services shall assist the commission in matters related to personnel and benefits administration, purchasing, telecommunications, [financial data] enterprise operations management, and property management. Upon request of the commission, the state library shall assist the commission in development and maintenance of a web page on the official state website.
9 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill
I. Establishes terms for the deputy commissioner, the assistant commissioner, and each unclassified division director in the department of administrative services.
II. Renames the division of financial data management within the department of administrative services as the division of enterprise operations management.
III. Modifies the new position classifications process to be based upon the recommendations of a stakeholder group overseen by the director of personnel.
IV. Increases the annual amount retained in the nonlapsing personnel education and training fund for the division of personnel.