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SUMMARY

     Governor's Action

The Governor vetoed the $160.0 appropriation in-district assistance to each senator.

Synopsis of Conference Committee Report

The Conference Committee recommended approval of all amendments except for the Senate Floor amendment. It replaced the floor amendment to appropriate $160.0 from the general fund to the Legislative Council Service for expenditure in FY02 for in-district assistance to each senator, not to exceed $400 per month plus gross receipts tax, in a manner to be determined by the Legislative Council.

Synopsis of Senate Floor Amendment No. 1

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 appropriates $448.0 to the legislative council service for expenditure in FY02 for in-district assistance to each legislator, not to exceed $400 per month plus gross receipts tax, in a manner to be determined by the Legislative Council.

Synopsis of Senate Finance Committee Amendment

The Senate Finance Committee amendments:

• •strike House Appropriations and Finance Committee amendments 3 and 4 which contained corrections to the contractual services category of the Senate Chief Clerk budget;



• •move $15.0 from Senate salaries and employee benefits to general expenses of the Senate; and



• •reduce the Senate Chief Clerk budget by $92.3 from the House version of the bill in the personal services, employee benefits and contractual services categories.

Synopsis of House Floor Amendment No. 1

The bill adjusts the appropriations for the House Chief Clerk in the personal services, employee benefits and contractual services categories for a total decrease of $49,241 from $890,011 to $840,770.

Synopsis of Bill as Amended by the House Appropriations and Finance Committee

House Bill 1 appropriates $18,433.3 from the general fund to various legislative agencies for the purpose of funding operations of the 2001 regular legislative session and funding for interim activities, including fiscal year 2002 operating budgets of the Legislative Council Service, Legislative Finance Committee, Legislative Education Study Committee, and the House and Senate chief clerk offices. Other appropriations include legislative interim expenses, session preparation, statewide legislative internship program, expenses of the Senate Rules Committee and reapportionment.

The House Appropriations and Finance Committee amendments were technical in nature and corrected amounts on: (1) page 2, line 8 (from "$3421,720" to $342,720"); (2) page 9, line 25 (from "315,952" to "146,752"); and (3) page 10, line 4 (from "$1,143,898" to "$974,698").

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The bill appropriates $6.8 million in FY01 recurring, $682.0 in FY01 non-recurring and $10.9 million in FY02 recurring expenditures for the operation of the Legislature as follows:

The appropriation for reapportionment is for legal and technical assistance and may expended from FY01 through FY03.

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