HB-5190, As Passed Senate, March 18, 2004                                   

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5190

                                                                             A bill to consolidate certain state human resource                                

operations in the department of civil service; to create certain            

offices; and to impose certain duties and responsibilities on               

certain state officials and employees.                                      

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the                    

2   "consolidated human resource operations act".                               

3       Sec. 2.  As used in this act:                                               

4       (a) "Department" means the department of civil service.                     

5       (b) "Executive branch" means the executive branch of state                  

6   government, excluding the department of attorney general and the            

7   department of state.                                                        

8       (c) "Executive director" means the executive director of the                

9   office of human resource operations.                                        

10      (d) "Office" means the office of human resource operations                  

1   created in the department.                                                  

2       (e) "State personnel director" means the principal executive                

3   officer of the civil service commission.                                    

4       Sec. 3.  (1) The office of human resource operations is                     

5   created within the department.  The office shall be headed by the           

6   human resource operations executive director, who shall serve               

7   under the state personnel director.                                         

8       (2) The office shall lead state efforts to consolidate and                  

9   reorganize all human resource operations within the executive               

10  branch into the office.  Upon completion of the consolidation and           

11  reorganization, all human resource operations authority, power,             

12  duties, functions, responsibilities, personnel, equipment, and              

13  budgeting resources in the executive branch, including payroll              

14  and benefit administration shall be conducted in the office.                

15      Sec. 4.  Not later than 120 days after the effective date of                

16  this act, the state personnel director shall hire an executive              

17  director with expertise in human resource operations.  The                  

18  executive director shall create, develop, and implement a                   

19  business plan and otherwise assist the office in consolidating              

20  and reorganizing all human resource operations in the executive             

21  branch into the office not later than September 30, 2004.  The              

22  business plan shall outline and describe the duties,                        

23  responsibilities, authority, powers, functions, personnel,                  

24  equipment, and budgetary resources involved in the human resource           

25  operation of the executive branch as they are consolidated and              

26  reorganized into the office and specifically describe how                   

27  redundancies shall be eliminated and how efficiencies shall be              

1   increased.  The business plan shall also include a timetable for            

2   the consolidation and reorganization and an organizational chart            

3   of human resource operations in the executive branch as they are            

4   consolidated and reorganized into the office.                               

5       Sec. 5.  Not later than September 30, 2004, the office shall                

6   do all of the following:                                                    

7       (a) The office shall develop standard operating procedures                  

8   and policies that all executive branch human resource employees             

9   shall follow as they conduct their human resource activities.               

10      (b) The office shall develop service level agreements within                

11  the executive branch to ensure quality human resource services.             

12      (c) The office shall determine the true costs of providing                  

13  human resource services before the consolidation and                        

14  reorganization.                                                             

15      (d) The office shall develop and use specific measurements to               

16  determine the true costs of human resource services after the               

17  consolidation and reorganization.                                           

18      Sec. 6.  All executive branch departments and state agencies                

19  shall cooperate with the office in completing its mission of                

20  providing quality human resource services.                                  

21      Sec. 7.  (1) The executive director shall provide the house                 

22  employment relations, training and safety committee and the                 

23  senate government operations committee with a report as to                  

24  progress of consolidating and reorganizing human resource                   

25  operations in the office every 3 months beginning 3 months after            

26  the effective date of this act until completion of the                      

27  consolidation and reorganization.                                           

1       (2) Upon completion of the consolidation and reorganization,                

2   the executive director shall provide the house employment                   

3   relations, training, and safety committee and the senate                    

4   government operations committee with a report on the total                  

5   savings achieved, the reduction in state employees, if any due to           

6   the consolidation and reorganization, and the current status of             

7   human resource services in the office every 6 months for 18                 

8   months following consolidation and reorganization.