The Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry proposed the following amendment (1090R001.KMM.TD):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, on page 2, by striking lines 35- 40 and inserting:

/ " (B) The department must annually adjust the maximum weekly benefit amount set pursuant to the department's authority as provided in subsection (A) by an amount at least equal to the rate of inflation as measured by the national consumer price index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the most recently completed calendar year prior to the date that the maximum weekly benefit amount goes into effect." /