| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 5 MRSA c. 56-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | §651.__Employee Suggestion System |
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| | | 1.__Definitions.__As used in this chapter, unless the context | | otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following | | meanings. |
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| | | A.__"Board" means the Employee Suggestion System Board | | established in subsection 3. |
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| | | B.__"System" means the Employee Suggestion System | | established in subsection 2. |
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| | | 2.__System established.__The Employee Suggestion System is | | established to encourage by means of cash or honorary awards | | state employees to find substantial savings and efficiencies in | | state operations. |
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| | | 3.__Board.__The Employee Suggestion System Board is | | established and consists of the Commissioner of Administrative | | and Financial Services and 2 other departmental commissioners | | appointed by the Governor. |
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| | | A.__The board shall elect a chair annually. |
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| | | B.__The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial | | Services is responsible for administering the system and | | shall assign an employee, who may have other assignments not | | related to the system, to manage the system on a day-to-day | | basis. |
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| | | C.__The board may adopt routine technical rules in | | accordance with chapter 375, subchapter 2-A to implement the | | system, including criteria for suggesting ideas and making | | awards. |
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| | | 4.__Ineligible employees.__The board may exclude certain | | levels of positions from participation in the system.__Persons in | | positions enumerated in chapter 71 or in Title 2, sections 6 to | | 6-E are not eligible to receive cash awards under the system. |
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| | | 5.__Maximum cash award; cost savings.__The maximum cash award | | approved for a suggestion that results in cost savings is |
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