Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1099
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 2-3-1-0.5; IC 2-3-1-1.
Synopsis: General assembly salaries. Provides that the salary of a
member of the general assembly for an ensuing calendar year is the
lesser of: (1) 18% of the annual salary of a judge, as adjusted by law;
or (2) the salary paid for the current calendar year multiplied by the
quotient of the state average wage for the previous calendar year
divided by the state average wage for the calendar year immediately
proceeding the previous calendar year. Makes technical corrections and
removes obsolete provisions.
Effective: Upon passage.
Gore
January 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
Procedures.
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First Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2023)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1099
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:
1 SECTION 1. IC 2-3-1-0.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "state average
4 wage" refers to the state average wage determined by the Indiana
5 economic development corporation for purposes of administering
6 the economic development for a growing economy tax credit under
7 IC 6-3.1-13.
8 SECTION 2. IC 2-3-1-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.229-2011,
9 SECTION 38, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
10 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c),
11 For a calendar year beginning after December 31, 2023, the annual
12 salary of the members of the general assembly shall be is an amount
13 equal to the lesser of the following:
14 (1) An amount equal to eighteen percent (18%) of the annual
15 salary of a judge under IC 33-38-5-6, as adjusted under
16 IC 33-38-5-8.1.
17 (2) The amount determined before July 1 under STEP
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1 THREE of the following formula:
2 STEP ONE: Determine the amount of the annual salary
3 paid under subsection (b) to each member of the general
4 assembly that year.
5 STEP TWO: Determine the quotient of:
6 (i) the state average wage for the previous calendar year;
7 divided by
8 (ii) the state average wage for the calendar year
9 immediately proceeding the previous calendar year.
10 STEP THREE: Determine the product of:
11 (i) the STEP ONE result; multiplied by
12 (ii) the STEP TWO result.
13 (b) One-half (1/2) the annual salary shall be is paid on the fifteenth
14 day of January, and one-half (1/2) the annual salary shall be is paid on
15 the fifteenth day of February.
16 (c) Notwithstanding any other law, the annual salary of the members
17 of the general assembly shall not be increased during the state fiscal
18 year beginning July 1, 2011, or during the state fiscal year beginning
19 July 1, 2012, regardless of any increase in the annual salary of a judge
20 under IC 33-38-5-6, as adjusted under IC 33-38-5-8.1.
21 (c) Before June 1, the Indiana economic development
22 corporation shall certify the state average wage information
23 required for the calculation made under subsection (a) to the:
24 (1) budget agency; and
25 (2) legislative council in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
26 SECTION 3. An emergency is declared for this act.
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