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governor is required. <br />In the case before this Court, the Environmental Protection <br />Specialists and Physical Science Researcher /Scientists class series <br />was assigned or reassigned to a pay grade that resulted in a <br />decrease in pay. There is no evidence in the record that <br />gubernatorial approval was granted. Therefore, as in Alexander, <br />supra, the Department's noncompliance with the statute is contrary <br />to law. <br />The Department also went beyond its statutory authority in the <br />manner that it conducted the study. Pursuant to C.R.S. X24-50 - <br />104(5)(a), the Department must have approval from the Total <br />Compensation Advisory Council ( "TCAC ") before it conducts direct <br />surveys of other states. Alexander v. Department of Personnel, 952 <br />P.2d 814 (Colo. App. 1997), reversed and remanded on other grounds, <br />Department of Personnel v. Alexander, No. 97SC719 (Colo., November <br />30, 1998). In this case, the Department conducted the surveys, but <br />there is no evidence that the Department then presented the results <br />to TCAC for a recommendation for implementation of the results of <br />the "study." There were to be two implementation options provided <br />to TCAC, systems maintenance or the salary survey process. Id. <br />The former would result in the Employees' salaries being saved -pay, <br />the latter would result in red - lined. The Department states it <br />carried out the study results through the systems maintenance study <br />16 <br />