View Amendment Current Amendment: 218C002.AGM.WAB17.docx to Bill 218     Senator KIMPSON proposed the following amendment (WAB\218C002.AGM.WAB17):
    Amend the bill, and if amended, by deleting all after the enacting words and inserting:

/ SECTION     1.     Chapter 1, Title 41 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 41-1-25.     (A)     For purposes of this section:
        (1)     'Employee benefit' means anything of value that an employee may receive from an employer in addition to wages. This term includes, but is not limited to, any health benefits, disability benefits, death benefits, group accidental death and dismemberment benefits, paid days off for holidays, paid sick leave, paid vacation leave, paid personal necessity leave, retirement benefits, and profit-sharing benefits.
        (2)     'Employment relationship' means an agreement:
            (a)     in which a person consents to provide labor or expertise for an ongoing enterprise in exchange for compensation; or
            (b)     between a political subdivision and an enterprise in which the enterprise receives a grant, tax abatement, tax credit, or other economic incentive from the political subdivision in exchange for which the enterprise agrees to create or maintain existing full-time employment opportunities. For purposes of this subitem, 'enterprise' means a business or industry, developer, contractor, or subcontractor.
        (3)     'Political subdivision' includes, but is not limited to, a municipality, county, school district, special purpose district, or public service district.
    (B)     A political subdivision of this State may not establish, mandate, or otherwise require an employee benefit except for employers who receive subsidies
    (C)     This section does not limit the authority of political subdivisions to establish employee benefits in employment relationships to which they are a party."

SECTION     2.     This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
    Renumber sections to conform.
    Amend title to conform.