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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1902

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 075550

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11  Senator Meek moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, lines 25-30, delete those lines

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16  and insert:  under the terms of a contract with the political

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18         (4)  No political subdivision of the state shall grant

19  a direct tax abatement or subsidy to an employer unless the

20  political subdivision in which the employer is doing business

21  requires, as a condition of the direct tax abatement or

22  subsidy, that the employer pay each of its employees employed

23  within this state a living wage, which is defined as an hourly

24  rate that provides an income at least equal to the poverty

25  level for a family of four, as established annually by the

26  United States Department of Health and Human Services.

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30  And the title is amended as follows:

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1902

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 075550





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  2         prohibiting a political subdivision from

  3         granting an employer a tax abatement or subsidy

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  5         wage as a condition of such tax abatement or

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