SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 96
    Amendment No. 1   Barcode 770848
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11  The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity
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18         (a)  An assistant attorney or assistant public defender
19  is not eligible for assistance under the program until he or
20  she has been employed as an assistant state attorney or
21  assistant public defender for 3 years of continuous service on
22  his or her employment anniversary date.
23         (b)  After completing 3 years of continuous service, an
24  affidavit of certification on a form approved by the
25  commission shall be submitted to the state attorney's office
26  or the public defender's office as the case may be. The
27  affidavit of certification shall, upon approval of the state
28  attorney or public defender, be submitted to the commission.
29         (c)  Upon receipt of the certificate, the commission
30  may begin yearly loan assistance payments in the amount of
31  $3,000 to the lender that services the eligible student loan.
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 96
    Amendment No. 1   Barcode 770848
 1  These payments shall be made for the benefit of the qualified
 2  assistant state attorney or assistant public defender named in
 3  the certificate and for the purpose of satisfying the eligible
 4  student loan obligation.
 5         (d)  Upon completion of 6 years of continuous service,
 6  the yearly loan assistance payment amount shall increase to
 7  $5,000. Upon completion of 13 years of continuous service or
 8  upon full satisfaction of the eligible student loan
 9  obligation, whichever occurs first, loan assistance payments
10  shall cease. The total amount of loan assistance payments
11  permitted under the program for any one assistant
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