(Doc Name COUNCIL\SA\4950C012.DKA.SA18.DOCX):
EXPLANATION:
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 118,
STATEWIDE REVENUE, page 517, after line 35, by adding an
appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/ (SR: School Safety Fund) In the
current fiscal year, ten percent of the sales and use tax
revenue generated from the sale of firearms 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 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.