Senators HUTTO, REESE, SCOTT and MCCONNELL proposes the following amendment (3700R060.CBH..DOCX):

/         Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 89, GENERAL PROVISIONS, page 527, after line 12, by adding an appropriately numbered Proviso to read:

/         89.___.     (GP: Privatization Approval) In the current fiscal year, without approval of a majority of the Budget and Control Board, a state agency, department, board, or commission shall not expend or contract to expend more than $500,000 to privatize a service or staffing position performed by the entity and its employees in the previous fiscal year. Further, an entity shall not expend or contract to expend more than $1,000,000 to privatize a service or staffing position performed by the entity and its employees in the previous fiscal year without approval, by joint resolution, of the General Assembly. /

    Renumber sections to conform.
    Amend sections, totals and title to conform.