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Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency preamble (page 1, lines 1 to 9 in L.D.)
Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 2. Requests for transfers for costs incurred. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, executive branch departments and agencies may request transfers from the Salary Plan program for the additional General Fund and Highway Fund costs incurred as a result of the additional unemployment benefits authorized by this Act.
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Salary Plan 0305
 
Initiative: Provides funding for the estimated additional unemployment compensation costs for executive branch departments and agencies.

GENERAL FUND	2009-10	2010-11	
Personal Services	$0	$30,047	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$30,047	

HIGHWAY FUND	2009-10	2010-11	
Personal Services	$0	$18,820	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$0	$18,820	

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2009-10	2010-11	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$30,047	
HIGHWAY FUND	$0	$18,820	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$48,867	

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063
 
Initiative: Provides funding for the estimated additional unemployment compensation costs for the judicial branch.

GENERAL FUND	2009-10	2010-11	
Personal Services	$0	$648	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$648	

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2009-10	2010-11	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$648	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$648	

LEGISLATURE
 
Legislature 0081
 
Initiative: Provides funding for the estimated additional unemployment costs to the Legislature.

GENERAL FUND	2009-10	2010-11	
Personal Services	$0	$3,825	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$3,825	

LEGISLATURE			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2009-10	2010-11	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$3,825	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$3,825	

SECTION TOTALS	2009-10	2010-11	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$34,520	
HIGHWAY FUND	$0	$18,820	
			
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$53,340	
 
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Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency clause (page 1, lines 15 and 16 in L.D.)
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Labor, strikes the emergency preamble and the emergency clause from the bill. The amendment also provides funding for the estimated cost of the expansion of unemployment insurance benefits for state agencies that must directly reimburse the Unemployment Trust Fund and adds an appropriations and allocations section to the bill.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)