The department may, by rule, authorize an agency head to approve a lump-sum bonus payment to reward an employee. Such bonus payment shall be outside of the employee's regular base rate of pay and shall not carry over into subsequent years.

History.--s. 3, ch. 88-290; s. 23, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 10, ch. 94-113.