2-18-1106. (Temporary) Agency head to grant award -- amount and source of award. (1) An agency head may grant an incentive award to an employee, a group or team of employees, or a nonemployee who has made a significant contribution to achievements or outcomes in the agency, as enumerated in 2-18-1105. An employee or a member of a group or team of employees need not be employed by the agency that benefits from the achievement or outcome and whose agency head grants the award in order to be granted an award.
     (2) The incentive award for an achievement or outcome that does not result in cost savings that can be specifically determined a year after the achievement or outcome is implemented and the cost savings are actually incurred is the agency head's estimated dollar value of the achievement or outcome, up to a maximum of $500 per employee or nonemployee or, in the discretion of the agency head, not more than 40 hours of paid leave time for an employee. Larger awards may be proposed and submitted to the legislature for consideration.
     (3) The amount of an award for an achievement or outcome producing cost savings that can be measured after the savings are actually incurred must be determined by the agency head but may not exceed:
     (a) 10% of the first $100,000 of cost savings actually incurred during the 12 months following implementation of the suggestion; plus
     (b) 5% of the next $100,000 of cost savings actually incurred during that 12-month period; plus
     (c) 2% of the next $100,000 of cost savings actually incurred during that 12-month period.
     (4) (a) If the award is to be divided between two or more persons, the agency head shall determine the amount each person is to receive.
     (b) Each person must be paid in one lump sum no later than 90 days after the end of the 12-month period following implementation of the suggestion. However, an agency head may pay an award at any time that savings can be determined. The agency head shall pay the award from the agency's budget. This award is in addition to the recipient's regular compensation or leave time.
     (5) The number of awards granted by an agency in a state government fiscal year may not exceed the number equal to 20% of the average number of full-time equivalent employees in that agency during that fiscal year. The office of budget and program planning may grant an agency with less that 50 full-time equivalent employees an exemption from this limitation, but the exemption may not allow more awards than the number equal to 50% of the average number of full-time equivalent employees in the agency during the fiscal year.
     (6) Within 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, each agency shall submit to the department a list of the number of incentive awards granted, to whom each award was granted, the estimated value of each achievement or outcome, and the amount of each award. (Terminates July 1, 1997--sec. 13, Ch. 23, Sp. L. November 1993.)

     2-18-1106. (Effective July 1, 1997) Agency head to grant award -- amount and source of award. (1) After an agency implements an employee's suggestion or invention and the monetary savings to the state is estimated, an agency head, upon written application to and approval from the department and the incentive awards advisory council, may grant an incentive award to an employee whose proposal meets the requirements enumerated in 2-18-1105.
     (2) The incentive award shall be 10% of the savings resulting from implementing the employee's proposal for 1 year up to a maximum of $3,000. Larger awards may be proposed and submitted to the legislature for consideration.
     (3) The agency head shall pay the employee from the agency's budget in a single, lump-sum award. This award is in addition to the recipient's regular compensation.

     History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 552, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 61, L. 1983; amd. Secs. 1, 2, Ch. 103, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 23, Sp. L. June 1986; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 201, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 23, Sp. L. November 1993.