995073
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  TED              135


Senator(s): Meek, Dyer, Kurth, and Saunders
moved the following amendment:





Section: 06EXPLANATION:



On Page: 333             Provides a two-step pay adjustment for sworn state law



enforcement personnel.  Appropriates $3.5 million from



Spec App: 1682           the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles'



Operating Trust Fund.











NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -            3,500,000                     0            3,500,000 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                                  Positions & Amounts   Positions & Amounts
                                                      DELETE         INSERT

        HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, 
        DEPARTMENT OF
        Florida Highway Patrol, Division Of

        In Section 06  On Page 333
1682    Salaries And Benefits

          From Highway Safety Operating Trust      9,253,905     12,753,905
          Fund

        Immediately following Specific Appropriation 1682, 
        INSERT:

        From the funds in Specific Appropriation 1682,
        $3,500,000 from the Highway Safety Operating Trust
        Fund shall be used by a state agency with employees
        in the state law enforcement bargaining unit which
        has elected to hire new employees at Step 3 of the
        law enforcement pay step plan to grant current
        employees in the law enforcement bargaining unit a
        two step pay increase effective July 1, 1999 in
        order to correct and maintain internal pay
        relationships among unit employees within the
        agency. Employees at the maximum of the law
        enforcement pay step plan within the agency shall
        receive an increase in their base rate of pay
        equivalent to a two step pay increase.

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        Motor Vehicles, Division Of

        In Section 06  On Page 339
1705    Data Processing Services
        Kirkman Data Center - Department Of 
        Highway Safety And Motor Vehicles

        Immediately following Specific Appropriation 1705, 
        DELETE:

        From the funds provided in Specific Appropriation
        1705, $1,600,000 from the Highway Safety Operating
        Trust Fund shall be used to fund the replacement and
        enhancement of equipment in tax collectors' offices.
        This issue shall be funded from current sources of
        revenue and does not assume an increase in motor
        vehicle license registration fees.

        Immediately following Specific Appropriation 1705, 
        INSERT:

        From the funds provided in Specific Appropriation
        1705, $1,600,000 from the Highway Safety Operating
        Trust Fund shall be used to fund the replacement and
        enhancement of equipment in tax collectors' offices.


Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process.  However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement
within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.


























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