PRATT FLOOR AMENDMENT
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2002
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Page 7, between lines 8 and 9, insert:
"Sec. 4. Section 26-158, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
26-158. State active duty; employment benefits; travel allowances
A. Notwithstanding section 38‑671, subsection A, Officers and enlisted personnel of the Arizona national guard while on state active duty exceeding thirty consecutive days by order of the governor or adjutant general shall be considered employees of this state and, subject to appropriation, are eligible for health and accident insurance benefits, including dependents, pursuant to section 38‑651. On completing state active duty orders, a member of the Arizona national guard, including dependents, may not continue to receive benefits prescribed in this section.
B. Members of the national guard traveling at any time under official orders on business of the state shall be reimbursed for the cost of travel, expenses for lodging and meals as provided for state employees. The expense shall be paid from amounts appropriated for travel by the national guard."
Page 8, between lines 36 and 37, insert:
"Sec. 6. Section 38-671, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
38-671. Employee benefits; exclusions; definitions
A. Any employee hired on or after the effective date of this section is not eligible for state employee benefits until the employee has worked regularly for at least ninety days.
B. A. Notwithstanding any other law, any state employee initially hired on or after the effective date of this section July 20, 2011 is not eligible to become a member of any state retirement system before the twenty‑seventh week of employment. The state employee shall become a member of the state retirement system on the twenty-seventh week of employment if membership criteria is are met under the state retirement system statutes.
C. B. Subsection B A of this section does not apply to a person who is already a member of the state retirement system.
D. C. For the purposes of this section:
1. "State employee" means a person who is employed by an agency, department, board or commission of this state, a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents, the judicial branch and whose salary is paid through the department of administration, the Arizona corporation commission or the legislature.
2. "State employee benefits" means any coverage provided pursuant to article 4 of this chapter.
3. 2. "State retirement system" means the Arizona state retirement system established by chapter 5, article 2 of this title and the long-term disability program established by chapter 5, article 2.1 of this title."
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After line 40, insert:
"Sec. 12. Arizona commerce authority; loan; terms
Notwithstanding section 41‑1545.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, the Arizona commerce authority may approve, no later than June 30, 2014, a loan of up to two million dollars from the Arizona competes fund established by section 41‑1545.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, for the purpose of attracting or retaining business in a county with a population of more than one hundred thousand persons and less than one hundred twenty thousand persons according to the 2010 United States decennial census. The loan shall be secured through a lien or other security interest held by the state with a value of at least one hundred per cent of the principal loan amount. The interest rate of the loan shall not exceed the annual rate set forth in section 44‑1201, subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes. The term of the loan shall not exceed seven years.
Sec. 13. Department of administration; rule making exemption
The department of administration is exempt from the rule making requirements of title 41, chapter 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, for one year after the effective date of this act, for the purposes of implementing section 38‑671, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act."
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Franklin M. Pratt |