Senators HARPOOTLIAN and CLIMER proposed the following amendment (5201R016.KMM.RAH):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, in Part II, SECTION 5, by adding an appropriately lettered new subsection to read:

/(_) Section 117 of Part IB of Act 91 of 2019, relating to General Provisions, which was extended pursuant to Act 135 of 2020, is amended by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:

(GP: Earmark Suspension)Beginning on September 15, 2020 and for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2020-21, agencies are directed to suspend expenditures for earmarked projects. Funds for earmarked projects may be utilized by an agency to offset a shortfall in funding during the current fiscal year. Any funds for earmarked projects not utilized to offset a shortfall in funding shall lapse to the general fund on June 30, 2021. For the purposes of this proviso, "earmarked projects" means (1) an appropriation for a specific program or project that did not originate with a written agency budget request or that originated with the request of a member of the General Assembly or (2) a proviso or other communication to an agency directing the expenditure of funds appropriated to an agency for a purpose not originating with a written budget request or originating with the request of a member of the General Assembly. A 'request of a member of the General Assembly' includes a request made on behalf of a member of the General Assembly. The provisions contained herein are to be liberally construed to effectuate the intent of the General Assembly. /