Senate Bill 355 Summary

• Amends Indiana Code to establish different legislative business per diem amounts based on legislator residence distance from the state capitol.

• Legislators residing 50 miles or less from the state capitol receive the maximum daily federal subsistence allowance for the Indianapolis area.

• Legislators residing more than 50 miles from the state capitol receive 110% of the maximum daily federal subsistence allowance for the Indianapolis area.

• Per diem amounts automatically adjust whenever the federal maximum daily allowance changes.

• Distance calculation uses the shortest of the more commonly traveled routes between a legislator's residence and the state capitol.