Bill
Number: H.B. 2115
Landrum
Taylor Floor Amendment
Reference
to: House engrossed bill
Amendment
drafted by: Aaron Latham
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
The Landrum Taylor Floor Amendment makes clarifying
changes and excludes the following from being considered severance pay:
1)
employer-paid
health benefits or plans; and
2)
any
amounts paid to the employee if the employer and employee entered into a
written contract that prohibits the employer from contesting the employee’s
application for unemployment insurance benefits.
Fifty-first Legislature Landrum
Taylor
Second Regular Session H.B.
2115
LANDRUM
TAYLOR FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE
AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2115
(Reference
to House engrossed bill)
Page 1, lines 15 and 16, strike “,
dismissal pay”
Lines 21 and 25, after “wage” insert “or salary”
Line 27, strike “IN CONSIDERATION FOR” insert “due to”
Line 28, after “RESIGNATION” insert “, termination”; after the second “OR” insert “inclusion in a”
Line 29, after the first “OR” insert “IN”
Line 30, after the period insert “severancE pay does not include Any AMounts:
1. THAT THE
EMPLOYER PAYS FOR HEALTH BENEFITS OR PURSUANT TO ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN.
2. Paid TO THE EMPLOYEE AFTER SEPARATION, REGARDLESS OF
HOW THESE AMOUNTS ARE CHARACTERIZED, IF THE EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE HAVE ENTERED
INTO A WRITTEN CONTRACT stating THAT THE EMPLOYER SHALL NOT CONTEST THE EMPLOYEE’S
APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS.”
Amend title to conform