FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
                          SECOND SESSION
  
  
                                                 February 2, 1998
  
  
  SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT number 1 to SENATE BILL 56
  
  Amendment sponsored by Senator R. L. Stockard
  
  
      1.  On page 1, line 14, strike "AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF
  SEVERANCE TAX BONDS" and insert in lieu thereof "MAKING AN
  APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY".
  
      2.  On page 1, strike line 25 in its entirety, strike page 2
  in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof:
  
      "Section 2.  APPROPRIATION.--Five million eight hundred
  thousand dollars ($5,800,000) is appropriated from the general
  fund to the department of public safety for expenditure in fiscal
  years 1998 through 2002 for the purpose of equipping forty
  additional state police officers each fiscal year during fiscal
  years 2000 through 2002.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
  remaining at the end of fiscal year 2002 shall revert to the
  general fund.". 
  
  
  
  
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                                      R. L. Stockard
  
  
  
  Adopted ___________________   Not Adopted _______________________
           (Chief Clerk)                    (Chief Clerk)
  
  
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