Create the Unit for Control and Monitoring of Payrolls in the Secretariat of Finance

Create the Unit of Control and Monitoring of Payrolls (UCSN) in the State Secretariat in the Office of Finance, specifically in the General Directorate of Budget, as a specialized unit for analysis of the payroll of salaries at the central level, initially with emphasis on the monitoring of payrolls of personnel from the State Secretariat of Health and teaching personnel from the State Secretariat of Education.

The Unit of Control and Monitoring of Payrolls shall have the following functions:

• a)

  Ensure strict compliance with the norms and procedures issued and established by the Secretariat of Education, Health, and the Secretariat of Finance, whether of an operational, administrative, or legal nature;

• b)

  Updating and periodic monitoring of the Detailed Annex of Salaries and Wages of teaching personnel and the rest of the employees of the Central Administration, its distribution at the departmental and municipal level;

• c)

  Coordinate with the Modernization Unit of the Secretariat of Finance and Sub-management of Teaching Human Resources of the Secretariat of Education the systematization of norms and procedures that permit establishing online, permanent, and operational monitoring of salary expenses in the budget execution process;

• d)

  Support the incorporation of the current System of Administration of Teaching Human Resources (SIARHD) into the System of Integrated Financial Administration (SIAFI) and in the design of the new SIARHD-SIAFI, as well as the incorporation of payroll records of Health personnel contracts into SIAFI;

• e)

  Keep control of the movements of positions and salaries, floating debt, salary payment flow, as well as benefits derived from the Teaching Statute and collateral benefits for teaching public employees;

• f)

  Keep control of the movements of positions and salaries, floating debt, salary payment flow of employees of the State Secretariat of Health;

• g)

  Maintain a systematic record of budget modifications and savings generated resulting from the regional/departmental decentralization process coordinated by the Technical Secretariat of Planning and International Cooperation and the actions derived and measures applied as a result of the Audit Census of Positions conducted by the Court of Accounts on teaching personnel;

• h)

  Maintain systematic control over the retirement plan of employees of the Central Administration, especially teaching personnel to be retired, including establishing an appropriate mechanism for validation and cross-checking of information, as well as verification of improper payments, principally with the National Institute of Social Security for Teachers (IMPREMA);

• i)

  Preparation of periodic reports on the behavior of the wage mass, possible savings in payroll, and the degree of compliance with norms and procedures established in the General Budget Provisions and its Regulations, as well as other administrative and legal instruments;

• j)

  Conduct the necessary censuses of positions and salaries in the different organs of the Centralized and Decentralized Public Administration;

• k)

  Apply these same controls over the wage mass of the rest of the institutions of the Central Administration in cases where circumstances warrant it in accordance with the provisions of Article 132 of Decree No. 264-2010 dated December 2, 2010, and published on December 28 of that same year, which contains the General Provisions of the General Budget of Income and Expenditures of the Republic for the Fiscal Year 2011.

The Unit of Control and Monitoring of Payrolls shall be under the charge of a Coordination office, which shall have technical personnel according to the areas and sectors to be defined within its organizational structure, for which personnel dependent on the General Directorate of Budget of the different departments of the State Secretariat in the Office of Finance shall be assigned.

This Decree shall be executed immediately and must be published in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta". Given at the Presidential House, Tegucigalpa, municipality of the Central District, on the eighth (08) day of the month of February in the year two thousand eleven (2011). LET IT BE COMMUNICATED AND PUBLISHED. PORFIRIO LOBO SOSA PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC CARLOS ÁFRICA MADRID HART STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF THE INTERIOR AND POPULATION JOSÉ ALEJANDRO VENTURA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION ARTURO BENDAÑA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF HEALTH JOSÉ ROBERTO ROMERO LUNA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF SECURITY, BY LAW MARÍA ANTONIETA GUILLÉN VÁSQUEZ PRESIDENTIAL DESIGNATE IN CHARGE OF THE STATE SECRETARIAT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE MARIO CANAHUATI CANAHUATI STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MARLON PASCUA CERRATO STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DEFENSE WILLIAM CHONG WONG STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF FINANCE JOSÉ FRANCISCO ZELAYA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE MIGUEL RODRIGO PASTOR MEJÍA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF PUBLIC WORKS, TRANSPORT AND HOUSING FELÍCITO ÁVILA ORDÓÑEZ STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY JUAN ÁNGEL ARTICA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK, BY LAW RIGOBERTO CUÉLLAR CRUZ STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT HILDA ROSARIO HERNÁNDEZ ALVARADO STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ARTURO CORRALES ÁLVAREZ TECHNICAL SECRETARY OF PLANNING AND EXTERNAL COOPERATION BERNARD MARTÍNEZ VALERIO STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF CULTURE, ARTS AND SPORTS NELLY JEREZ CABALLERO STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF TOURISM ANA A. PINEDA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS LUIS GREEN STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF INDIGENOUS AND AFRO-HONDURAN PEOPLES CÉSAR HAM PEÑA MINISTER DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL AGRARIAN INSTITUTE NASRY JUAN ASFURA MINISTER DIRECTOR OF THE HONDURAN SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND MARÍA ANTONIETA BOTTO HANDAL MINISTER DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN MARÍA ELENA ZEPEDA MINISTER DIRECTOR OF THE FAMILY ALLOWANCE PROGRAM JOSÉ TRINIDAD SUAZO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF FOREST CONSERVATION, PROTECTED AREAS AND WILDLIFE Executive Branch EXECUTIVE DECREE NUMBER PCM-007-2011 THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, IN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS CONSIDERING: That Article 145, third paragraph of the Constitution of the Republic, establishes that the State shall preserve an adequate environment to protect the health of persons; consequently, it constitutes an obligation of the State of Honduras to promote sustainable development, promote the protection and conservation of the environment, and seek the rational exploitation of natural resources, for which it is necessary to review and update existing legislation, as well as the formulation and issuance of specific policies regarding resources derived from petroleum activity and its benefits for the country. CONSIDERING: That the current Hydrocarbon Law expressly establishes that it corresponds exclusively to the Executive Branch to formalize all principles and norms applicable to activities inherent to hydrocarbons, especially the conservation of deposits and administration of reserves, optimal utilization of hydrocarbons, and ultimately, to establish the policy for exploration or exploitation of Hydrocarbons, through the State Secretariat in the Offices of Natural Resources and Environment, seeking reasonable exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons, associated with the formulation, coordination, and evaluation of policies for the conservation, defense, and improvement of the environment in areas where hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation activities will be carried out and the reuse of exploited areas for the benefit of the community. CONSIDERING: That it is imperative to issue a new legal instrument, which is already in the process of development due to its priority, that contemplates norms that order and provide, with modern sense, the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in Honduras; that ensures equity, rational management, and optimal use of natural resources for the benefit of the State, without detriment to the right to a healthy environment of the Honduran population, for which reason the Government of the Republic, through the