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HI SB2598
Bill
AI Summary
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Requires state departments with outstanding salary or wage overpayment balances at the end of a fiscal biennium to deduct that amount from their budget request for the following fiscal biennium.
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Mandates each department establish a manual accounting system to track wages, salary, and leave for employees who exhaust their sick leave.
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Removes the two-year statute of limitations on determining and notifying employees of salary or wage overpayments, allowing claims to be made at any time.
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Addresses recurring overpayment problems in state agencies, which exceeded $415,000 monthly from November 2016 to October 2017, with the highest single month reaching $622,266.14 in November 2016.
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Takes effect on January 1, 2050.
Legislative Description
Relating To Salary Overpayments.
Employees
Last Action
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, Souki, Tokioka excused (5).
3/23/2018