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230.48
230.48(1) (1) Duties. The state employees suggestion board shall do all of the following:
230.48(1)(a) (a) Formulate, establish and maintain a plan or plans to encourage and reward unusual and meritorious suggestions and accomplishments by state employees promoting efficiency and economy in the performance of any function of state government.
230.48(1)(b) (b) Appoint departmental or divisional committees to analyze and review suggestions and accomplishments of state employees submitted for consideration under the plan or plans established under par.
(a), and make recommendations regarding the plan or plans to the state employees suggestion board.
230.48(1)(c) (c) Make and render awards to or for the benefit of state employees nominated to receive them in accordance with the plan or
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230.48
230.48(1) (1) Duties. The state employees suggestion board shall do all of the following:
230.48(1)(a) (a) Formulate, establish and maintain a plan or plans to encourage and reward unusual and meritorious suggestions and accomplishments by state employees promoting efficiency and economy in the performance of any function of state government.
230.48(1)(b) (b) Appoint departmental or divisional committees to analyze and review suggestions and accomplishments of state employees submitted for consideration under the plan or plans established under par. (a) , and make recommendations regarding the plan or plans to the state employees suggestion board.
230.48(1)(c) (c) Make and render awards to or for the benefit of state employees nominated to receive them in accordance with the plan or plans established under par. (a) .
230.48(2) (2) Personnel, facilities and equipment. The administrator shall appoint, under the classified service, a secretary and such other employees as are necessary to carry out the duties of the state employees suggestion board, and shall provide such facilities and equipment as that board requires for the proper performance of its work. The state employees suggestion board may request and shall receive from any state department any assistance that it requires.
230.48(3) (3) Awards. The state employees suggestion board may determine the nature and extent of the awards to be made under this section which may include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:
230.48(3)(a) (a) Certificates, medals or other insignia, in the form and awarded at the times that the state employees suggestion board determines.
230.48(3)(b) (b) Cash awards, in an amount equal to 10 percent of the average annual savings that result from the suggestion, with a minimum payment of $50 and a maximum payment of $10,000, and payable at the times that the state employees suggestion board determines.
230.48(4) (4) Rules. The state employees suggestion board may promulgate rules governing the operation of any plan or plans established under sub. (1) (a) , the eligibility and qualifications of state employees participating under this section, the character and quality of suggestions and accomplishments submitted for consideration, the method of their submission and the procedure for their review, nominations for awards, and the kind, character and value of the awards, and any other rules as are necessary for the proper administration of this section or for the accomplishment of the purposes of this section.