GOVERNMENT BILL 118

Vice-chairman Erich M. Fabricius submitted the following report regarding Government Bill 118, "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A TIER SYSTEM FOR THE PAYMENT OF STIPENDS TO STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS", to the Student Senate on Monday, March 20th 2006, on behalf of the Committee on the Budget, and pursuant to its Friday, March 17th 2006 recommendations:

As provided by Senate Rule, the committee requests that the Senate President place Government Bill 118, on the calendar for second reading.

Attendance:

There were five (5) members (Adams, Fabricius, Griggs, Kelly, Saunders) present. There was also one (1) non-voting member (Toms) present.

There were two (2) members (Collins, Sawrey) absent.

The following official was also present: Sevits.

A quorum was present.

Purpose of Legislation:

Establishes a system of structured pay tiers for student government officials.

Background Information:

Relative moves of pay level for different officials is often controversial. This bill aims to reduce the annual shifting and stabilize relative pay.

Debate:

The committee discussed what positions should be in which tiers, and the number of paid tiers. To reduce the changes from the present budget, an additional tier was created below the Senate Secretary for the SG Webmaster and Elections Chair.

Recommendations:

The committee recommends the bill to the Senate.

Committee Amendments:

The committee consolidated tier 1 and tier 2, and added a new tier 4.