SB 19-1_ Filed 02/08/2005, 13:55 ChairPerson


COMMITTEE REPORT





MADAM PRESIDENT:
    
     The Senate Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 19, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:

    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
    SECTION 1. IC 22-2-2-10.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005]: Sec. 10.5. (a) As used in this section, "unit" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-23.
    (b) A unit may not establish, mandate, or otherwise require the payment of a wage that exceeds the wage required by section 4 of this chapter.
    (c) An ordinance, rule, or policy of a unit concerning the payment of a wage that exceeds the wage described in subsection (b) is void regardless of when enacted or adopted.
    (Reference is to SB 19 as introduced.)


and when so amended that said bill be reassigned to the Senate Committee on Pensions and Labor.

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GARTON Chairperson


RS 001903/jhm    2005