H-8212

   Amend Senate File 2130, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 6, after line 24 by inserting: 

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PERSONNEL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT PAYMENTS
   Sec. ___.  PERSONNEL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT PAYMENTS.  As a condition made to any appropriation to the department of transportation as provided in this Act, moneys appropriated and any other moneys available for use by the department under this Act shall not be used for the payment of a personnel settlement agreement between the department and a state employee that contains a confidentiality provision intended to prevent public disclosure of the agreement or any terms of the agreement.>

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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

SODERBERG of Plymouth, Chairperson