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38-619. Performance based incentives program oversight committee; definition A. A performance based incentives program oversight committee is established consisting of: 1. The director of the department of administration or the director's designee. 2. The executive director of the Arizona board of regents or the executive director's designee. 3. Two members of the senate who are appointed by the president of the senate. The appointees shall be members of different political parties. One of these appointees shall be designated to cochair the committee. 4. Two members of the house of representatives who are appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. The appointees shall be members of different political parties. One of these appointees shall be designated to cochair the committee. 5. An agency director who is appointed by the governor. 6. A representative from the governor's office of equal opportunity who is appointed by the governor. 7. Two public members who have expertise in compensation analysis. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint one of these members, and the president of the senate shall appoint one of these members. B. The committee shall: 1. Develop and adopt guidelines for a state employee performance based incentives program. The guidelines shall include agency or university goals that result in cost reduction, increased productivity and improved quality of the delivery of state services or products. 2. Identify incentives and available resources to provide incentives, such as vacancy savings achieved in each state agency and state university. 3. Coordinate with state agencies and universities participating in the ongoing performance based incentives program to evaluate the success of the program. 4. Review agency and university requests to participate in a pilot incentive program or an established performance based incentive program and make recommendations on those requests to the director of the department of administration or the executive director of the Arizona board of regents. C. The committee may recommend that the director of the department of administration or the executive director of the Arizona board of regents place an approved program on probationary status or terminate an approved program for failing to meet approved goals and objectives. D. For the purposes of this section, "governmental unit" means all agencies, departments, boards and commissions of this state. |