Rep. HOWARD proposes the following Amendment No. 3 to H. 4043 (COUNCIL\NBD\12271DG12):

Reference is to the bill as introduced.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Section 1-35-120, as contained in SECTION 1, so as to add appropriately numbered items at the end to read:

/      ( )      The provisions of this section apply to all members of the General Assembly.
     ( )(a)      Notwithstanding another provision of law, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Clerk of the Senate must annually ask each member of the House of Representatives and Senate, respectively, to submit to a random drug and alcohol test and to respond within seven days afterward by indicating their willingness to submit to the test.
           (b)      Each clerk must maintain a list concerning the members of the chamber for which he serves as clerk indicating:
           (i)      the date on which each member was asked to submit to a random drug and alcohol test;
           (ii)      whether the member responded to the request in a timely manner, and, if so, whether the member declined or agreed to submit to the random drug and alcohol test; and
           (iii)      the results of the random drug and alcohol test, if the member agreed to submit to the test.
           (c)      These lists must be updated on a weekly basis and made available to the public.
           (d)      A member who fails to respond to a request to submit to the drug and alcohol test in a timely or declines to submit to the drug and alcohol test shall forfeit ten percent of compensation he receives pursuant to Section 2-3-20 in the calendar year in which the failure to respond or refusal to submit occurred, and these forfeited funds must be allocated to the General Fund. /

Renumber sections to conform.
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