0001|                            HOUSE BILL 13
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          RICHARD T. KNOWLES
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE SALARIES; INCREASING CERTAIN
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0012|     PUBLIC EMPLOYEE SALARY LEVELS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  APPROPRIATION.--Five million four hundred
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0016|     eighty-eight thousand two hundred dollars ($5,488,200) is
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0017|     appropriated from the general fund to the department of
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0018|     finance and administration for expenditure in fiscal year 1999
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0019|     for the purpose of providing a salary increase to eligible
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0020|     classified employees in agencies governed by the Personnel Act
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0021|     who meet or exceed performance expectations.  In accordance
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0022|     with a salary matrix approved by the personnel board and
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0023|     negotiated with the New Mexico state labor coalition, a
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0024|     variable pay anniversary increase ranging from two and one-
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0025|     quarter percent of grade midpoint to five and three-quarters
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0001|     percent of grade midpoint and based on the employee's rating
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0002|     and compa-ratio is authorized.  This increase includes
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0003|     providing annualized variable pay anniversary lump-sum
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0004|     payments to eligible classified employees whose salaries equal
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0005|     or exceed their salary grade maximums.  Salary increases shall
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0006|     be effective the first full pay period following the
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0007|     employee's anniversary date.  The department of finance and
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0008|     administration shall distribute a sufficient amount to each
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0009|     agency to provide the appropriate increase for those employees
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0010|     whose salaries are received as a result of the general fund
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0011|     appropriations in the General Appropriation Act of 1998.  Any
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0012|     unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0013|     fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund.
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