Joint Budget Committee. Under current law, the state personnel
director (director) of the department of personnel (department) is required
to annually conduct surveys and produce a report concerning compensation to determine any necessary adjustments to state employee salaries, state contributions for group benefit plans, and merit pay. The bill requires the director to conduct surveys and produce the report every 4 years. The bill also changes certain reporting deadlines of the director relating to the compensation report and removes certain substantive components of the report.