The following is a Press Release from the Office of Governor Bobby Jindal:
Governor
Jindal has issued an Executive Order establishing a limited hiring freeze for
the Executive Branch.
The order will remain in effect throughout the FY 13
budget year which ends June 30, 2013, to achieve at least $13 million in
General Fund savings.
EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT –LIMITED HIRING FREEZE
WHEREAS, pursuant to R.S. 42:375, the Governor may issue executive orders which prohibit
or regulate the filling of any new or existing vacancies in positions of
employment in the executive branch of state government (hereafter "hiring
freeze");
WHEREAS, R.S. 39:84
provides authority to the Governor to regulate and control personnel
transactions;
WHEREAS, to
limit or control the growth in government positions and to prepare for the
budget challenges in the ensuing years, prudent fiscal management practices
dictate that the best interests of the citizens of the State of Louisiana will
be served by the implementation of a hiring freeze in the executive branch of
state government to achieve at least a State General Fund dollar savings of $13
million;
WHEREAS, higher
education plays a vital role for the citizens of our state; and, in addition,
higher education in Louisiana has a unique management structure. Recognizing
this, the Commissioner of Higher Education shall have the authority to manage
the positions within higher education, including the hospitals, within the
confines of this Executive Order and any subsequent memorandum issued by the
Commissioner of Administration as authorized by this Order limiting the number
of Table of Organization (T.O.) and Non-T.O. Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs); and
NOW
THEREFORE, I, BOBBY JINDAL, Governor of the State of Louisiana, by virtue of
the authority vested by the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, do
hereby order and direct as follows:
SECTION 1: No
vacancy in an existing or new position of employment within the executive
branch of state government that exists on or occurs after the effective date of
this order shall be filled which would in any manner, decrease, or in the case
of Non-T.O. FTEs increase, the number of such frozen positions within the
department, budget unit, agency, and/or office, within the executive branch of
state government below the number frozen determined as provided in Paragraph B
of this section. This includes Appropriated Table of Organization
Full-Time Equivalent positions (T.O. FTEs), Other Compensation positions
(Non-T.O. FTEs), Other Charges positions (Non-T.O. FTEs), job appointments
(Non-T.O. FTEs), and restricted appointments (Non-T.O. FTEs).
A. The following departments, agencies,
and/or budget units of the executive branch of the State of Louisiana
(hereafter "Unit and/or "Units"), as described in and/or funded by
appropriations through Acts 13 and 43 of the 2012 Regular Session of the
Louisiana Legislature (hereafter "Acts"), shall be subject to the hiring freeze
as provided in this Executive Order:
Executive Branch
Schedule 01 —
Executive
Schedule 03 —
Veterans Affairs
Schedule 05 —
Economic Development
Schedule 06 —
Culture, Recreation and Tourism
Schedule 07 —
Transportation and Development
Schedule 08 —
Corrections Services
Schedule 08 —
Public Safety Services
Schedule 08 —
Youth Services
Schedule 09 —
Health and Hospitals
Schedule 10 —
Children and Family Services
Schedule 11 —
Natural Resources
Schedule 12 —
Revenue
Schedule 13 —
Environmental Quality
Schedule 14 —
Louisiana Workforce Commission
Schedule 16 —
Wildlife and Fisheries
Schedule 17 —
Civil Service
17-560 — State
Civil Service
17-561 —
Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service
17-562 — Ethics
Administration
17-563 — State
Police Commission
17-564 —
Administrative Law
Schedule 19 —
Higher Education
Schedule 19 —
Special Schools and Commissions
19B-653 —
Louisiana Schools for the Deaf and Visually Impaired
19B-655 —
Louisiana Special Education Center
19B-657 —
Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts
19B-662 —
Louisiana Educational TV Authority
19B-666 — Board
of Elementary & Secondary Education
19B-673 — New
Orleans Center for the Creative Arts
Schedule 19 —
Department of Education
Schedule 19 —
LSU Health Sciences Center Health Care Services Division
Schedule 21 —
Ancillary
21-790 — Donald
J. Thibodaux Training Academy
21-796 — Central
Regional Laundry
21-800 — Group
Benefits
21-804 — Risk
Management
21-805 —
Administrative Services
21-806 —
Louisiana Property Assistance
21-807 — Federal
Property Assistance
21-808 —
Telecommunications Management
21-810 — Public
Safety Services Cafeteria
21-811 — Prison
Enterprises
21-829 —
Aircraft Services
B. The Commissioner of Administration is
hereby authorized to and shall establish, on a continuing basis, the number of
FTEs, hereafter referred to as "positions", to be frozen for each such
department, agency, and/or budget unit specified in Paragraph A of this Section
together with the expenditure of funds appropriated for such positions.
C. After the effective date of this Order,
employee transfers, promotions, reallocations, and the creation of any new
positions of employment within the executive branch of state government shall
not, in any manner, decrease, or in the case of Non-T.O. FTEs increase, the
number of such frozen positions within the department, budget unit, agency,
and/or office, within the executive branch of state government below the number
frozen determined as provided in this Section unless otherwise adjusted by the
Commissioner of Administration.
SECTION 2: To
implement the freeze provided in Section 1, the Commissioner of Administration
shall set a date upon which the head of each Unit listed in Section 1 of this
Order shall submit to the Commissioner of Administration a mid-year budget
adjustment plan, on the BA-7 form and questionnaire, which reflects the Unit's
proposed allocation of the position freeze ordered in Section 1 of this Order,
and a rationale or explanation of the mid-year budget adjustment plan.
A. The allocation of the position freeze
shall be implemented by the Unit only upon the Commissioner's prior written
approval of the Unit's mid-year budget adjustment plan.
B. Once approved, a mid-year budget
adjustment plan may not be changed without the Commissioner's prior written approval.
SECTION 3: The
Commissioner of Administration may develop guidelines pertaining to requests
for adjustments from all or part of the prohibition set forth in Section 1 of
this Order, and if necessary, develop definitions for the terms and/or the
descriptions used in this Order.
SECTION 4: All
departments, budget units, agencies, offices, entities, and officers of the
State of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, are authorized and
directed to cooperate in the implementation of the provisions of this Order.
SECTION 5: The
Governor, in accordance with R.S. 42:375(D) may order the Commissioner of
Administration to withhold allotments in the appropriate category of
expenditures from which the salary or compensation of any employee employed in
violation of this executive order is paid in an amount equal to such
compensation.
SECTION 6: The
Order is effective July 1, 2012 and shall remain in effect through June 30,
2013 or until amended, modified, terminated, or rescinded by the Governor, or
terminated by operation of law.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF,
I have set my hand officially and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of
Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the City of Baton Rouge, on this 11th day of
July, 2012.
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