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Amend the bill by adding after section 4 the following:
‘Sec. 5. Calculation and transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the amount of savings from no longer requiring legal notices to be published in a newspaper that applies against each General Fund account for all departments and agencies of the executive branch and shall transfer the amounts by financial order upon the approval of the Governor. These transfers are considered adjustments to appropriations in fiscal year 2018-19.
Sec. 6. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Executive Branch Departments and Independent Agencies - Statewide 0017
 
Initiative: Reduces funding from departments and agencies statewide to recognize savings from no longer requiring legal notices to be published in a newspaper.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$0	($191,837)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	($191,837)	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. The amendment requires the State Budget Officer to calculate the savings from not having legal notices published in a newspaper and deappropriates these amounts. It adds an appropriations and allocations section to the bill to reflect savings from no longer requiring legal notices to be published in a newspaper.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)