(a) The commissioner of finance and administration shall evaluate at least annually each state agency‘s strategic plan and program performance measures. When necessary the commissioner of finance and administration shall update each state agency’s strategic plan and program performance measures. Such updates shall include comments from the state agency when necessary to explain how the program is performing.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 9-4-5608
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Commissioner: means the commissioner of finance and administration. See Tennessee Code 9-4-5604
Performance measure: means a quantitative or qualitative indicator used to assess state agency performance, including outcome and output indicators. See Tennessee Code 9-4-5604
Program: means a set of activities undertaken in accordance with a plan of action organized to realize identifiable goals and objectives. See Tennessee Code 9-4-5604
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
state agency: means any unit organization of the executive department, including any official, department, board, commission, division, bureau, section, district, office, authority, committee, or council or any other unit of state government, however designated, including, without limitation, higher education. See Tennessee Code 9-4-5604
(b) The commissioner of finance and administration may make recommendations to the governor and the finance, ways, and means committees of the senate and the house of representatives concerning the following nonexhaustive performance measure incentives or disincentives for potential inclusion in the appropriations bill:
(1) Incentives may include, but are not limited to:
(A) Additional flexibility in budget management;(B) Additional flexibility in salary rate and position management, notwithstanding title 8, chapter 23, or any other law to the contrary;(C) Retention of up to fifty percent (50%) of unexpended and unencumbered balances of appropriations, excluding special categories and grants in aid, that may be used for nonrecurring purposes including, but not limited to, lump-sum bonuses, employee training, or productivity enhancements, including technology and other improvements; and(D) Additional funds to be used for, but not limited to, lump-sum bonuses, employee training, or productivity enhancements, including technology and other improvements;(2) Disincentives may include, but are not limited to:
(A) Mandatory quarterly reports to the governor on the agency’s progress in meeting performance standards;(B) Mandatory quarterly appearances before the governor to report on the agency’s progress in meeting performance standards;(C) Elimination or restructuring of the program, which may include, but not be limited to, transfer of the program or outsourcing all or a portion of the program;(D) Reduction of total positions for a program;(E) Restriction on or reduction of the appropriation for the program; and(F) Reduction of managerial salaries, notwithstanding the requirements of title 8, chapter 23, or any other law to the contrary.
