140 - Maintenance and reporting of performance ratings.

§ 140. Maintenance  and  reporting  of  performance  ratings.  1.  All  departmental  agencies  of  the  state  government,  whether  known   as  departments, institutions, boards, commissions, or otherwise, shall keep  and  report,  if  requested by the civil service department, performance  ratings of employees, based on standards of performance  established  by  such  respective  agencies and approved by the civil service department,  for the purpose of recording in terms of quality,  quantity,  and  other  factors,  the  relative  efficiency  of employees engaged in the same or  similar lines of work, under the rules prescribed  by  the  state  civil  service commission.    2.  The  state  civil  service  department  shall use such performance  ratings as a basis for determining the rendition of satisfactory service  necessary for advancement from one rate of compensation to another. Such  department, in its discretion, may use such  performance  ratings  as  a  factor in promotion examinations.    3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this  section, during periods of time when there is  in  effect  an  agreement  between  the  state and an employee organization reached pursuant to the  provisions of article fourteen of the civil service law or a performance  evaluation  plan  administered  pursuant  to   rules   and   regulations  promulgated  by  the  director  of  the  budget,  the provisions of such  agreement and/or the provisions of such rules and regulations  shall  be  applicable.