HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 319

AMEND House Bill No. 319 at line 6 by inserting “ direct ” before “ supervisor ” as it appears therein.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 319 by deleting lines 9 through 15 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“ (b) By [60 days after the effective date of this Act], the General Assembly, the judicial branch, and elected state officers shall develop a policy prohibiting nepotism in employment in the legislative and judicial branch, as well as any office or agency led by an elected state officer. ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 319 by inserting the following after line 19:

“ (d) As used in this section, “relative” means any of the following:

(1) A person’s spouse or domestic partner.

(2) A person’s parent, stepparent, or child.

(3) The parent, stepparent, or child of a person’s spouse or domestic partner.

(4) A person’s grandparent or grandchild.

(5) A person’s sibling.

(6) The spouse of a person’s child.

(7) A minor child for whom the person has assumed and carried out parental responsibilities. ”.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment does the following: (1) it clarifies that the prohibition applies to a “direct” supervisor; (2) it simplifies the provision relating to adoption of an anti-nepotism policy in parts of state government outside of the executive branch; (3) it incorporates a definition of relative from the State merit employee rules.