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Amend the amendment by inserting after section 7 the following:
‘Sec. 8. Lapsed balances; Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability; General Fund account. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall lapse $62,000 from the Personnel Services line category and $106,884 from the All Other line category in the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability, General Fund account to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund no later than June 30, 2016.
Sec. 9. Lapsed balances; Legislature, General Fund account. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $237,280 of unencumbered balance forward from the various program accounts and line categories in the Legislature, General Fund accounts as specified by the Executive Director of the Legislative Council lapses to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund. By September 1, 2016, the Executive Director of the Legislative Council shall review the Legislature, General Fund accounts and notify the State Controller of the unencumbered balance forward amounts by account and line category totaling $237,280 that the State Controller shall lapse to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund no later than June 30, 2017.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment provides funding for the new positions from lapsed balances in the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability for fiscal year 2015-16 and from the Legislature for fiscal year 2016-17.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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