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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 5

3    AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Joint Resolution
4Constitutional Amendment 5 on page 2, immediately below line
520, by inserting the following:
6    "(d) For the purposes of this Section, an increase in
7salary does not, by itself, constitute an increase in benefits.
8However, the provisions of this Section do apply to (i) an
9increase in salary resulting from the inclusion of a new
10category of benefits, bonuses, incentives, perquisites, or
11other compensation that previously was not considered a part of
12salary or (ii) an otherwise unusually high increase in
13salary.".