6090-S AMS MULL JONE 012

SSB 6090 - S AMD 419

By Senator Mulliken

NOT ADOPTED 3/30/05

On page 153, after line 25, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 718.AGENCY REDUCTION-IN-FORCE. The office of financial management shall reduce allotments for all agencies for salaries, wages, and benefits by $180,000,000 from general fund--state appropriations in this act to reflect an across-the-board reduction in state agency personnel by three percent for all agencies with twenty or more full-time equivalent employees. The general fund allotment reduction shall be placed in unallotted status and remain unexpended: PROVIDED, That up to $30 million of this amount may be released from reserve status by the director of financial management for the critically necessary personnel needs of any agency."

Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

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EFFECT: Reduces General Fund expenditures for state agency personnel costs by $150 million to reflect a 3.0 percent reduction-in-force for agencies with more the 20 FTE's.