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Budget Amendments - SB800 (Committee Approved)

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Funding for Organizational Memberships

Item 473 #1s

Item 473 #1s

First Year - FY2011 Second Year - FY2012
Central Appropriations
Central Appropriations FY2011 $0 FY2012 $210,412 GF

Language
Page 414, line 25, strike "($1,113,561)" and insert "($903,149)".
Page 415, strike lines 12 through 16 and insert:
"E. The Director, Department of Planning and Budget shall withhold and transfer to this item, amounts totaling $230,439 the second year from the general fund appropriations of the following executive branch agencies, representing savings realized through the elimination of organizational memberships or the negotiated reductions in annual membership dues paid by such agencies:
Department of Environmental Quality: Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin: $151,500.
Department of Environmental Quality: Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission: $48,500.
Department of Environmental Quality: Southeastern Environmental Enforcement Network: $10,000.
Executive Offices: Interstate Organization Contributions: Southern Governors' Association: $20,439."


Explanation
(This amendment restores $210,412 from the general fund the second year to adjust the savings from eliminating certain organizational memberships. The language also clarifies that the authority of the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, to withhold and transfer amounts appropriated for organizational memberships is limited to the executive branch agencies as specified in this paragraph.)