Senate Amendment 5341 PAG LIN 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. RANDY FEENSTRA HF2531.2861 (2) 83 jp/tm -1-