Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-141

GOV 141

RESPONSIBLE COMPENSATION AND EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

Messrs. Montigny and Tarr moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after Section 152. The following new Section:

SECTION_____. No at-will employee of a state authority as defined in section 1 of chapter 29 of the General Laws shall be provided compensation in salary or wages in excess of the salary provided to the governor under section 1 of chapter 6 of the General Laws unless documentation, signed by the secretary of administration and finance, exists justifying such higher compensation.

SECTION_____.  No state authority as defined in section 1 of chapter 29 of the General Laws shall enter into a contract with an employee that provides compensation in salary or wages in excess of the salary provided to the governor under section 1 of chapter 6 of the General Laws unless documentation, signed by the secretary of administration and finance, exists justifying such higher compensation.

SECTION_____. Any increase in compensation for at-will employees of a state authority as defined in section 1 of chapter 29 of the General Laws shall be reported to the secretary of administration and finance 30 days in advance of the proposed increase taking effect, with an explanation justifying the proposed increase.

SECTION_____.  Chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 30 the following section:

Section 30A. Notwithstanding section 50 of chapter 3, or any other general or special law to the contrary, a state agency or state authority shall not use state funds to pay for an executive or legislative agent, as defined in section 39 of chapter 3, unless the executive or legislative agent is a fulltime employee of the state agency or state authority.

SECTION_____.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no at-will employees of a state authority as defined in section 1 of chapter 29 of the General Laws shall receive an increase in salaries, wages, or other compensation for the period beginning July 1, 2011 and ending June 30, 2012.