Senate Amendment 5341


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     1  1    Amend House File 2531, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  By striking page 1, line 19, through page 2,
     1  4 line 1, and inserting:
     1  5    <1.  For the budget process applicable to the fiscal
     1  6 year beginning July 1, 2011, on or before October 1,
     1  7 2010, in lieu of the information specified in section
     1  8 8.23, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, and
     1  9 paragraph "a", all departments and establishments of
     1 10 state government shall transmit to the  director of the
     1 11 department of management, in a format specified by the
     1 12 director, budgetary information utilizing a zero=base
     1 13 system.
     1 14    2.  Each department and establishment of state
     1 15 government shall provide objective measurements for
     1 16 each program, service, and function administered by the
     1 17 department or establishment and shall report on the
     1 18 measurements and other results to the general assembly
     1 19 every two years.  The initial report shall be submitted
     1 20 on or before December 15, 2011, and cover the period
     1 21 beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2011.
     1 22    3.  Each department and establishment of state
     1 23 government shall submit to the governor and general
     1 24 assembly at the time the budgetary information is
     1 25 submitted under subsection 1 a listing of the programs
     1 26 and duties that could be outsourced to private vendors
     1 27 and an explanation as to why the outsourcing has not
     1 28 occurred. Each department and establishment shall
     1 29 implement outsourcing of the programs that can be
     1 30 outsourced under applicable law and the outsourcing
     1 31 shall be completed on or before July 1, 2011.>
     1 32 #2.  Page 6, after line 29 by inserting:
     1 33    <Sec. ___.  Section 8.22A, Code 2009, is amended by
     1 34 adding the following new subsection:
     1 35    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  The revenue estimating
     1 36 conference shall utilize all relevant information to
     1 37 agree on a separate estimate of the rate of inflation
     1 38 for the fiscal year in progress and the succeeding
     1 39 fiscal year.
     1 40    Sec. ___.  Section 8.54, subsection 3, Code 2009, is
     1 41 amended to read as follows:
     1 42    3.  Except as otherwise provided in this section,
     1 43 the state general fund expenditure limitation for
     1 44 a fiscal year shall be ninety=nine percent of the
     1 45 adjusted revenue estimate.  However, any percentage
     1 46 increase in the state general fund expenditure
     1 47 limitation amount calculated for a fiscal year over the
     1 48 limitation amount for the previous fiscal year shall
     1 49 not exceed the rate of inflation for the fiscal year as
     1 50 agreed to by the revenue estimating pursuant to section
     2  1 8.22A, subsection 6.>
     2  2 #3.  By renumbering as necessary.


                                        
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