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AMENDMENT NO 1
PROPOSED TO
House Concurrent
Resolution No. 12
BY: Senator(s) Bryan
PROPOSED
AMEND by deleting lines
175 through 235 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
20A. * * * (1) For the purpose of this rule:
(a)
"State support funds" means funds in the State General Fund and all
state support special funds, which are funds in the Budget Contingency Fund,
the Education Enhancement Fund, the Health Care Expendable Fund, the Tobacco
Control Program Fund, and any other special funds that the Joint Legislative
Budget Committee (JLBC) determines to be state support special funds.
(b)
"House" means either house of the Legislature, unless it is clear
from the context that it is referring to the House of Representatives.
(2)
(a) When an amendment is offered to an appropriation bill on the floor of either
house that would increase the amount of state support funds authorized for
expenditure by the state agency, official or program being funded in that
appropriation bill, the amendment must also include a reduction in the amount
of state support funds for one (1) or more other state agencies, officials or
programs by a total amount that equals the amount of the increase in the
amendment.
(b)
The other appropriation bill or bills in which the reductions are to be made do
not have to be designated by bill number or line numbers in the amendment if
they are described sufficiently enough to be identified, but the amounts by
which they are to be reduced must be specific for each bill in which the
reduction is to be made.
(c)
The reductions required to be made by this rule must be made in an
appropriation bill or bills that are still in the house or in an appropriation
bill or bills from the other house that will be considered in the house later
in the session. After a bill has passed in the house and been released to the
other house, none of the reductions required by this rule may be made in that
bill.
(3)
If such an amendment is adopted, the amendment shall be considered to be an
amendment to the other bill or bills in which the reductions are to be made as
well as to the bill in which the increase is made. Therefore, no additional
vote shall be required on the amendment making the reductions in the bill or
bills when that bill or bills are under consideration by the house. The manner
by which the reduction is made shall be a separate amendment to the bill that
is designated as an amendment by the house, rather than an amendment by the
Appropriations Committee or by an individual member.
(4)
(a) When a bill in which the reduction is to be made comes before the house
for consideration, the reduction shall be made to the total sum of state
support funds authorized to be expended in the bill before the bill is voted on
by the house.
(b)
If a bill in which the reduction is to be made has already been considered by
the house, the reduction shall be made to the total sum of state support funds
authorized to be expended in the bill before the bill is released to the other
house.
(5)
No appropriation bill that authorizes the expenditure of any state support
funds for the next fiscal year may be released to the other house until all of
the appropriation bills originating in the house or all of the appropriation
bills originating in the other house, as the case may be, that authorize the
expenditure of any state support funds for the next fiscal year have been
passed by the house.
(6) If any statute or rule of either house of the
Legislature conflicts with the provisions of this rule, the provisions of this
rule shall supersede the conflicting statute or rule to the extent of the
conflict. [Deleted}
