EMPLOYEE INFO; INCLUDE ON STATE WEBSITE                                                                                           H.B. 4022:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                                                                                                        REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

House Bill 4022 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor:   Representative Ryan Berman

House Committee:   Oversight

Senate Committee:   Oversight

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Electronic Open Access to Government Act to require employee salary and general benefit information for each executive branch department to be listed on the State's website, in addition to the information currently required to be posted under the Act.

The Act requires the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB) to include links on the State's website to the function and contact information for each executive branch department and each major division or subunit within the department. The bill also would require the DTMB to include links on the State's website to employee salary information for each executive branch department and each major division or subunit within the department.

Under the bill, in addition to the information currently required for each department, the information required under the Act would have to include a list of the department's employees that includes the position title, classified or nonclassified civil service distinction, salary, and general benefits information for each employee. The list could not include the name, initials, electronic mail address, Social Security number, phone number, street address, or other information that could be used to identify an employee or an employee's beneficiary.

MCL 15.451                                                                                                                   Legislative Analyst:   Stephen Jackson

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have a negative fiscal impact on State government and no fiscal impact on local units of government.

The Department of Technology, Management, and Budget and the Civil Service Commission would incur costs related to the production of the list. Information would have to be collected and aggregated from State agencies. The Department estimates that information technology and other reporting expenses would total approximately $18,000 in the first year. The Department expects that an additional FTE could be required to perform all the work required under the bill. The estimated cost of one FTE is $110,000 per year.

Date Completed:   5-17-21                                                                               Fiscal Analyst:   Elizabeth Raczkowski

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.