AB 2138, as amended, Gatto. Innovation awards.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Human Resources to make awards to current or retired state employees for proposing procedures or ideas that are adopted and put into effect and result in eliminating or reducing state expenditures or improving operations, or for making exceptional contributions to the efficiency, economy, or other improvement in the operations of state government.
This bill would require the Governor to designate 3 state agencies to participate in a pilot program in 2015 to award cash prizes to eligible participants in innovation contests. The bill would require each designatedbegin insert stateend insert agency to establish and administer an innovation contest, as prescribed, and, on or before January 1, 2016, award abegin delete $25,000end delete
prizebegin insert of up to $25,000end insert to a participant the state agency determines to have submitted the entry that best addresses the subject of the contest, in accordance with standards established by the state agency, and has the highest likelihood of being adopted and placed in effect. The bill would appropriate $75,000 from the General Fund to the Governor for allocation to the designated state agencies for those awards.begin insert The bill would require, if the designated state agency deems that no participant has addressed the subject of the contest, or if it awards a prize of less than $25,000, that unawarded prize money revert to the General Fund.end insert
Vote: 2⁄3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 12045) is
2added to Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the 3Government Code, to read:
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(a) The Governor shall designate three state agencies
8to participate in a pilot program to award cash prizes to participants
9in an innovation contest established by each designated agency
10pursuant to this article.
11(b) A sum in the amount of seventy-five thousand dollars
12($75,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
13Governor, for allocation to three state agencies designated by the
14Governor in accordance with subdivision (a), for the award by
15each designated state agency of a twenty-five-thousand-dollar
16($25,000) prize in the contests describedbegin insert inend insert this
article.
17(c) The innovation contests shall be open to all residents of
18begin delete California, 18 years of age or older,end deletebegin insert Californiaend insert who are not
19employees of the state.
20(d) The innovation contests shall be held in 2015.
21(e) Each state agency designated by the Governor in accordance
22with subdivision (a) shall determine the specific subject of the
23innovation contest to be held by the agency, which may include
24proposals that detail a procedure, plan, design, or idea to contribute
25to the efficiency, economy, or other improvement in the operations
26of the state
agency, including,begin insert butend insert not limited to, streamlining an
27existing process or system of the state agency or the design of a
28feedback system for the state agency.
29(f) Each designated state agency shall administer its innovation
30contest, including, but not limited to, publicizing the contest and
P3 1determining the standards for participation and award. Each
2designated state agency may adopt rules and regulations to carry
3out this article.
4(g) On or before January 1, 2016, each designated state agency
5shall award abegin delete twenty-five-thousand-dollar ($25,000)end delete prize begin insertof
up
6to twentyend insertbegin insert-five thousand dollars ($25,000)end insert to the participant the
7agency determines to have submitted the entry that best addresses
8the subject of the contest, in accordance with the standards
9established by the agency, and has the highest likelihood of being
10adopted and placed in effect.begin insert If the designated state agency deems
11that no participant has addressed the subject of the contest in
12accordance with this subdivision, or if it awards a prize of less
13than twentyend insertbegin insert-five thousand dollars ($25,000), unawarded prize
14money shall revert to the General Fund.end insert
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