DEQ Computer System

Item 411 #2c

Language
Page 295, line 29, strike "$12,720,884" and insert "$13,120,884".
Page 295, after line 42, insert:
"Out of the amounts for this Item is $400,000 the first year from the general fund to capitalize a matching fund the Department shall use to solicit nonstate financial support for the Comprehensive Environmental Data System (CEDS) 2000.  The state funds shall be matched on at least a dollar-for-dollar basis from nonstate sources.  The Department shall report to the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees on the progress of this effort prior to the convening of the 2001 Session."

Explanation
(This amendment provides $400,000 the first year for DEQ to update its major computer system. The funds are to be used to match nonstate funds.)