(Doc Name COUNCIL\DG\4950C017.NBD.DG18.DOCX):
EXPLANATION:
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 118,
STATEWIDE REVENUE, page 513, after line 33, by adding an
appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/ (SR: School Safety Fund) In the
current fiscal year, in addition to any other tax or fee applied
to the sale of a firearm, there is imposed a fee equal to seven
percent of the gross proceeds from the sale of a firearm. The
fee must be credited to a fund established within the State
Department of Education entitled the 'School Safety Fund'. The
fund must only be expended to employ or otherwise provide school
resource officers. Each school district may apply to the
Department of Education for a disbursement from the fund. In
determining which district shall receive a disbursement, and the
amount thereof, The Department of Education must give priority
to school districts that, in the previous fiscal year, did not
have a full-time school resource officer at each school within
the district. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.