Amendment JR2 AA13-ASA1-AB1

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January 2002 Special Session

2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 13, TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 1

March 14, 2002 - Offered by Representative Carpenter.

AB1-ASA1-AA13,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the substitute amendment as follows:

AB1-ASA1-AA13,1,2 1. Page 5, line 4: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA13,1,3 " Section 6h. 13.121 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA13,1,7 13.121 (5) Office expenses. The legislature or a house or committee thereof may not authorize a member of the legislature to expend in 2003 and 2004 more in office expenses excluding personnel costs than 85% of the maximum authorized for office expenses excluding personnel costs in 2001 and 2002.

AB1-ASA1-AA13, s. 6j Section 6j. 13.123 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, is amended to read:

AB1-ASA1-AA13,2,15 13.123 (1) (a) 1. Any member of the legislature who has signified, by affidavit filed with the department of administration, the necessity of establishing a temporary residence at the state capital for the period of any regular or special legislative session shall be entitled to an allowance for expenses incurred for food and lodging for each day that he or she is in Madison on legislative business, but not including any Saturday or Sunday unless the legislator is in actual attendance on such day at a session of the legislature or a meeting of a standing committee of which the legislator is a member. The amount of the allowance for the 2003-05 biennial session and each biennial session thereafter shall be 90% 76.5% of the per diem rate for travel for federal government business within the city of Madison, as established by the federal general services administration. For the purpose of determining the amount of the allowance, the secretary of employment relations shall certify to the chief clerk of each house the federal per diem rate in effect on December 1, or the first business day thereafter if December 1 is not a business day, in each even-numbered year. Each legislator shall file an affidavit with the chief clerk of his or her house certifying the specific dollar amount within the authorized allowance the member wishes to receive. Such affidavit, when filed, shall remain in effect for the biennial session.".

AB1-ASA1-AA13,2,16 (End)