5659-S2.E AMH COND REIN 143

E2SSB 5659 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-3529.2/07) 863

By Representative Condotta

ADOPTED 4/13/2007

   On page 4, beginning on line 26 of the amendment, strike all of subsection (a) and insert the following:

   "(a) The joint legislative task force on family and medical leave insurance is established, with thirteen members as provided in this subsection.

   (i) The chair and the ranking member of the senate labor, commerce, research and development committee.

   (ii) The chair and the ranking member of the house commerce and labor committee.

   (iii) The majority leader of the senate shall appoint one member from each of the two largest caucuses of the senate.

   (iv) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint one member from each of the two largest caucuses of the house of representatives.

   (v) The majority leader of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives jointly shall appoint four nonlegislative members of the task force, which shall include one member representing large business, one member representing small business, one member representing labor, and one member representing women.

   (vi) The governor shall appoint one member of the task force."

EFFECT: Establishes a 13-member task force (instead of a 12-member task force). Specifies that task force members include:

   •     Four legislative members that are the chairs and the ranking members of the Senate Labor, Commerce, Research, and Development Committee and the House Commerce and Labor Committee;

   •     Four legislative members that are one member of each of the largest caucuses in the Senate, appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, and one member of each of the largest caucuses in the House of Representatives, appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;

   •     Four non-legislative members that are one large business representative, one small business representative, one labor representative, and one representative of women; and

   •     One gubernatorial appointee.