By: Creighton  S.B. No. 132          (In the Senate - Filed November 14, 2016; January 25, 2017,   read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;   March 6, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 14,   Nays 0; March 6, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote    A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the savings incentive program for state agencies.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2108.103, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c), (d), (e), and   (f) to read as follows:          (a)  The affected agency retains one-half [one- fourth] of   the amount of savings verified by the comptroller[, not to exceed   one percent of the amount of undedicated general revenue derived   from nonfederal sources appropriated to the agency for the fiscal   year in which the savings are realized].          (c)  Of the savings retained by the agency, one-half:                (1)  must be used to make additional principal payments   for general obligation bonds issued by the agency or on behalf of   the agency by the Texas Public Finance Authority; or                (2)  if there are no outstanding general obligation   bonds issued by the agency or on behalf of the agency by the Texas   Public Finance Authority, may be used to provide bonuses,   distributed equally, to each agency employee who:                      (A)  is a current full-time equivalent employee of   the agency;                      (B)  worked for the agency as a full-time   equivalent employee for the entire fiscal year in which the savings   were realized; and                      (C)  is directly responsible for or worked in a   department, office, or other division within the agency that is   responsible for the savings realized.          (d)  If the amount of agency savings verified under Section   2108.102, expressed as a percentage of the total amount of   undedicated general revenue derived from nonfederal sources   appropriated to the agency for the fiscal year in which the savings   were realized, is:                (1)  less than three percent, a bonus described by   Subsection (c)(2) may not exceed $250;                (2)  at least three percent but less than five percent,   a bonus described by Subsection (c)(2) may not exceed $500;                (3)  at least five percent but less than 10 percent, a   bonus described by Subsection (c)(2) may not exceed $750; and                (4)  10 percent or more, a bonus described by   Subsection (c)(2) may not exceed $1,000.          (e)  A state agency may not provide a bonus under Subsection   (c)(2) to an employee of the agency who serves in an upper   management position, including the chief executive or chief   administrator of the agency.          (f)  A state agency shall adopt rules to implement this   section.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies to notice under Section   2108.101, Government Code, of savings from appropriations to a   state agency for a state fiscal year beginning on or after September   1, 2017.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *