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Session of 2000
          HOUSE BILL No. 2852           By Kansas 2000 Select Committee           2-3          

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  9             AN  ACT concerning the department of administration; creating the
10             statewide employee development fund; authorizing an assessment
11             against state agency payrolls and prescribing the purposes therefor.
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13       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14             Section  1. (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the state-
15       wide employee development fund which shall be administered by the
16       secretary of administration.
17             (b) Commencing with the first payroll period chargeable to the fiscal
18       year ending June 30, 2001, and for each payroll period thereafter, the
19       secretary of administration may levy an assessment against state agency
20       payrolls for (1) in-service education and training, (2) statewide training
21       and employee development in performance management, supervision,
22       compensation, goal-setting, performance review and organization devel-
23       opment, and (3) retraining for career development.
24             (c) The assessment fixed by the secretary of administration under this
25       section shall be expressed as a percentage and shall be the same for all
26       state agencies. On or before July 15, 2000, and each July 15 thereafter,
27       the director of the budget shall notify each state agency of the rate of
28       assessment imposed under this section for the next fiscal year.
29             (d) The amount of the assessment imposed under this section each
30       payroll period for each state agency shall be determined by multiplying
31       the total gross wages for the payroll period of the state agency by the rate
32       of the assessment fixed for the fiscal year by the secretary of administra-
33       tion. The director of accounts and reports shall transfer the amount of
34       each assessment for each state agency to the credit of the statewide em-
35       ployee development fund.
36             (e) As used in this section, "gross wages" means all compensation for
37       services, including commissions, bonuses, back pay and the value of all
38       remuneration including benefits paid in any medium other than cash.
39        Sec.  2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
40       publication in the statute book.