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HB-4148, As Passed House, June 23, 2005

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4148

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:

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

"consolidated human resource operations act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act:

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

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

government, excluding the department of attorney general and the

department of state.

created in the department.

(d) "State personnel director" means the principal executive

officer of the civil service commission.

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

within the department. The office shall be headed by the state

personnel director.

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

reorganize all human resource operations within the executive

branch into the office. Upon completion of the consolidation and

reorganization, all human resource operations authority, power,

duties, functions, responsibilities, personnel, equipment, and

budgeting resources in the executive branch, including payroll and

benefit administration shall be conducted in the office.

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

this act, the state personnel director shall create, develop, and

implement a business plan and otherwise assist the office in

consolidating and reorganizing all human resource operations in the

executive branch into the office not later than September 30, 2005.

The business plan shall outline and describe the duties,

responsibilities, authority, powers, functions, personnel,

equipment, and budgetary resources involved in the human resource

operation of the executive branch as they are consolidated and

reorganized into the office and specifically describe how

redundancies shall be eliminated and how efficiencies shall be

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

consolidation and reorganization and an organizational chart of

human resource operations in the executive branch as they are

consolidated and reorganized into the office.

Sec. 5. Not later than September 30, 2005, the office shall do

all of the following:

(a) The office shall develop standard operating procedures and

policies that all executive branch human resource employees shall

follow as they conduct their human resource activities.

(b) The office shall develop service level agreements within

the executive branch to ensure quality human resource services.

human resource services before the consolidation and

reorganization.

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

determine the true costs of human resource services after the

consolidation and reorganization.

Sec. 6. All executive branch departments and state agencies

shall cooperate with the office in completing its mission of

providing quality human resource services.

Sec. 7. (1) The state personnel director shall provide the

house employment relations, training and safety committee and the

senate government operations committee with a report as to progress

of consolidating and reorganizing human resource operations in the

office every 3 months beginning 3 months after the effective date

of this act until completion of the consolidation and

reorganization.

(2) Upon completion of the consolidation and reorganization,

the state personnel director shall provide the house employment

relations, training and safety committee and the senate government