February 2, 2005, Introduced by Reps. LaJoy, Drolet, Mortimer, Gosselin, Nitz, Acciavatti, Casperson, Garfield, Taub, Baxter, Hoogendyk, Rocca, Schuitmaker, Ball, Marleau, Pearce, Robertson and Van Regenmorter and referred to the Committee on Employment Relations, Training, and Safety.
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.
(c) "Executive director" means the executive director of the
office of human resource operations.
(d) "Office" means the office of human resource operations
created in the department.
(e) "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 human
resource operations executive director, who shall serve under 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 hire an executive
director with expertise in human resource operations. The executive
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.
(c) The office shall determine the true costs of providing
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 executive 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 executive director shall provide the house employment
relations, training and safety committee and the senate government
operations committee with a report on the total savings achieved,
the reduction in state employees, if any, due to the consolidation
and reorganization, and the current status of human resource
services in the office every 6 months for 18 months following
consolidation and reorganization.