Bill Text: IN SB0411 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public employee salary limitation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-09 - First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure [SB0411 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SB0411-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 5-10-16.
Synopsis: Public employee salary limitation. Provides that the salary
paid from state or local appropriations to a public officer, employee, or
contractor of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state
government, state educational institutions, political subdivisions, or
bodies corporate and politic of the state or a political subdivision may
not exceed the salary paid to the governor, except that the salary of a
contractor or employee of a state educational institution may be
supplemented with amounts paid by or through an endowment that is
not funded by taxes, fees, or appropriations of money from the treasury
of the state or a political subdivision.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
Procedure.
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Chapter 16. Limitation on Compensation of Public Officers, Employees, and Contractors
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following:
(1) The executive department of state government.
(2) The legislative department of state government.
(3) The judicial department of state government.
(4) A political subdivision.
(5) A state educational institution.
(6) A public officer.
(7) A body corporate and politic of the state created by state statute.
(8) A body corporate and politic of a political subdivision created by state statute or local ordinance.
(9) Any other entity of the state or a political subdivision
employing individuals whose salaries are funded in whole or
in part from state or local appropriations.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "contractor" means an
individual:
(1) who contracts to provide personal services to:
(A) the state;
(B) a political subdivision;
(C) a state educational institution;
(D) a body corporate and politic of the state or a political
subdivision; or
(E) any other entity of the state or a political subdivision;
and
(2) whose salary is funded in whole or in part from state or
local appropriations.
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "employee" means an individual
who receives compensation from an employer required under
federal income tax law to file a Form W-2 on behalf of the
individual.
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "endowment" refers to a trust or
another permanent fund established for the benefit of a state
educational institution that:
(1) is funded periodically from gifts, bequests, devises, or
other sources; and
(2) does not include any of the following:
(A) Appropriations of money from the treasury of the state
or political subdivision.
(B) Taxes.
(C) Fees.
Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "political subdivision" has the
meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-13.
Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "public officer" means an
individual elected or appointed to any office of the state or a
political subdivision.
Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "salary" means the
compensation, exclusive of expense allowances, paid to a public
officer, employee, or contractor for performing services for the
state or a political subdivision, determined without regard to any
salary reduction agreement established under Section 125 of the
Internal Revenue Code, and funded in whole or in part from:
(1) appropriations of money from the treasury of the state or
political subdivision;
(2) taxes; or
(3) fees.
Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "state educational institution" has the meaning set forth in IC 21-7-13-32.
Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), notwithstanding any other law, the salary paid to a public officer, employee, or contractor may not exceed the salary of the governor as determined under IC 4-2-1-1.
(b) The salary of a contractor or employee of a state educational institution may be supplemented with amounts paid by or through an endowment.
