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Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4723 in subsection 1 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 25 in amendment) by inserting after the following: "employment" the following: 'by a state government employer'
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4723 in subsection 1 in the last line (page 1, line 26 in amendment) by inserting after the following: "employment" the following: 'by a state government employer'
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4723 by striking out all of subsection 3 (page 2, lines 1 to 3 in amendment) and inserting the following:
 
‘3.  State government employer.    "State government employer" means a department or office in the executive branch, an independent or quasi-independent state entity, a public instrumentality of the State, the Legislature or the judicial branch. "State government employer" does not include a school administrative unit, municipality, county or other political subdivision of the State.’
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4724 in subsection 1 in the first line (page 2, line 6 in amendment) by striking out the following: "public" and inserting the following: 'state government'
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4724 in subsection 2 in the last line (page 2, line 23 in amendment) by striking out the following: "public" and inserting the following: 'state government'
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4725 in the first line (page 2, line 24 in amendment) by striking out the following: " Public " and inserting the following: ' State government '
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4725 in subsection 1 in the first line (page 2, line 25 in amendment) by striking out the following: "public" and inserting the following: 'state government'
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4725 in subsection 2 in the first line (page 2, line 27 in amendment) by striking out the following: "public" and inserting the following: 'state government'
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4725 in subsection 4 in the 3rd line (page 2, line 36 in amendment) by striking out the following: "public" and inserting the following: 'state government'
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4726 in subsection 1 in the first line (page 3, line 5 in amendment) by striking out the following: "public" and inserting the following: 'state government'
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4727 in the indented paragraph in the first line (page 3, line 12 in amendment) by striking out the following: "public" and inserting the following: 'state government'
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Administration - Human Resources 0038
 
Initiative: Appropriates funds on a one-time basis for the information technology and related costs of implementing requirements regarding the criminal history information of job applicants.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$0	$135,384	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$135,384	
 
’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment applies the requirements in the committee amendment only to state government employers. It removes school administrative units, municipalities, counties and other political subdivisions of the State from the requirements in the committee amendment. The amendment also reduces the appropriation in the committee amendment to reflect a revised cost estimate.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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