Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 118, STATEWIDE REVENUE, page 608, proviso 118.14, after line 22, by adding an appropriately numbered item to read:
/ ( ) E04- Lieutenant Governor's Office
(a) Predatory Lending Education $250,000
( .1) Of the funds appropriated above in item ( ) for Predatory Lending Education, the Office on Aging shall develop a pilot program to assist seniors in improving their knowledge about finances and education about predatory lending practices. The pilot shall include an assessment of the financial health of seniors in the pilot area which must be used to identify strategies to address the major concerns found through the assessment. The strategies should include, but are not limited to, the means of building awareness of senior financial resources. The Office on Aging shall provide the results of the pilot, as well as a recommended strategy for any expansion other areas of the State, to the Chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways & Means Committee no later than March 15, 2016. /
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