Bill Text: IN SB0355 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Legislative business per diems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-08 - First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy [SB0355 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-SB0355-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE BILL No. 355

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 2-3-1-5.

Synopsis: Legislative business per diems. Provides a greater legislative business per diem amount for legislators who reside more than 50 miles from the state capitol building.

Effective: July 1, 2013.

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    January 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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SENATE BILL No. 355

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning the general assembly.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 2-3-1-5; (13)IN0355.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 2-3-1-5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 5. (a) If a member is entitled to receive a legislative business per diem allowance under any law or a per diem is computed as a percentage of a legislative business per diem allowance, the legislative business per diem amount that the member is entitled to receive or use equals:
        (1) for a member of the general assembly whose place of residence is not more than fifty (50) miles from the state capitol, the maximum daily amount allowable to employees of the executive branch of the federal government for subsistence expenses while away from home in travel status in the Indianapolis area; and
        (2) for a member of the general assembly whose place of residence is more than fifty (50) miles from the state capitol, one hundred ten percent (110%) the maximum daily amount allowable to employees of the executive branch of the federal

government for subsistence expenses while away from home in travel status in the Indianapolis area.
    (b) The legislative business per diem changes each time there is a change in that maximum daily amount.
    (c) The distance between a member's residence and the state capitol shall be determined using the shortest of the more commonly traveled routes between the two (2) locations.