HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1945

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Romeo, Wiles, Joyner, Henriquez, Kosmas,

12  Romeo, Bucher, Gannon, Ryan, Fields, Wishner, Cusack,

13  Peterman, Seilor, Greenstein, Ausley, Harper, Weissman, Siplin

14  and Frankel offered the following:

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16         Amendment (with title amendment) 

17         On page 13, line 19 of the bill

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20         Section 12.  In order to implement the appropriations

21  made from the Tobacco Settlement Trust funds of the various

22  state agencies in Specific Appropriations 188 through 643 and

23  section 20 of the 2002-2003 General Appropriations Act, no

24  agency shall expend more than 10 percent of its

25  appropriations, as adjusted by budget amendments, from its

26  Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund for administrative costs and

27  capital outlay projects combined.  Further, moneys from

28  Tobacco Settlement Trust Funds shall not be used by an agency

29  to supplant General Revenue funds.  If any agency receives

30  specific appropriations from its Tobacco Settlement Trust

31  Fund, which are limited to administrative costs and capital

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1945

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)





  1  outlay projects only and are more than 10 percent of its

  2  appropriations from its Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund, the

  3  agency shall, to the extent possible, propose budget

  4  amendments to adjust non-tobacco settlement funds to comply

  5  with the 10-percent limitation of this section.  This section

  6  expires July 1, 2003.

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10  And the title is amended as follows:

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14         prohibiting more than 10 percent of tobacco

15         settlement appropriations from being expended

16         for administrative costs and capital outlay

17         projects; prohibiting such appropriations from

18         supplanting general revenue funding; requiring

19         certain budget amendments;

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