Bill Text: IN SB0213 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Employee benefits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 88 [SB0213 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0213-Engrossed.html
Citations Affected: IC 22-2.
Synopsis: Employee benefits. Provides that, unless federal or state law
provides otherwise, a county, city, town, or township (unit) may not
establish, mandate, or otherwise require an employer to provide to an
employee who is employed within the jurisdiction of the unit: (1) a
benefit; (2) a term of employment; (3) a working condition; or (4) an
attendance or leave policy; that exceeds the requirements of federal or
state law, rules, or regulations. Provides that this prohibition does not
apply to: (1) employees of a unit; (2) contracts entered into by a unit
and the third party; (3) economic development incentives awarded by
a unit or a redevelopment commission established by a unit; or (4)
training and other qualifications established for a private provider of
public health and safety services within the jurisdiction of the unit.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
(HOUSE SPONSOR _ SPEEDY)
January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
Procedure.
February 14, 2013, amended; reported favorably _ Do Pass; reassigned to Committee on
Pensions and Labor.
February 21, 2013, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
February 25, 2013, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
February 26, 2013, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 38, nays 12.
March 4, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions.
March 12, 2013, reported _ Do Pass.
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Chapter 16. Employee Benefits
Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
(1) An employee of a unit.
(2) The terms of a contract entered into by a unit and a third party.
(3) The terms and conditions required by a unit or a redevelopment commission established by a unit for the grant or approval of:
(A) a tax credit;
(B) a tax deduction;
(C) a tax abatement;
(D) a tax exemption;
(E) a grant;
(F) a loan;
(G) a loan guarantee;
(H) financial or economic development assistance; or
(I) another economic development incentive.
(4) Training requirements or other qualifications established by a unit for a private ambulance service, security service, or other provider of public health and safety services within the jurisdiction of the unit.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "unit" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-23.
Sec. 3. Unless federal or state law provides otherwise, a unit may not establish, mandate, or otherwise require an employer to provide to an employee who is employed within the jurisdiction of the unit:
(1) a benefit;
(2) a term of employment;
(3) a working condition; or
(4) an attendance or leave policy;
that exceeds the requirements of federal or state law, rules, or regulations.
