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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Suspend the Cost-of-living Adjustment for Legislators' Salaries for the First Regular Session of the 125th Legislature’
Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency preamble (page 1, lines 1 to 10 in L.D.)
Amend the bill in section 1 in the first paragraph in the 14th line (page 1, line 27 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "124th" and inserting the following: '125th'
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 (page 1, line 38 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
LEGISLATURE
 
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Initiative: Deappropriates funds to recognize the one-time savings associated with suspending the cost-of-living adjustment for Legislators during the First Regular Session of the 125th Legislature.

GENERAL FUND	2009-10	2010-11	
Personal Services	$0	($62,898)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	($62,898)	
 
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Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency clause (page 1, lines 39 and 40 in L.D.)
 
SUMMARY
This amendment suspends the cost-of-living adjustment for salaries of legislators for the First Regular Session of the 125th Legislature rather than for the First Regular Session of the 124th Legislature. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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