Rep. PACE proposes the following Amendment No. to H.4025 as Passed By The House

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EXPLANATION: Requires all state agencies and entities that receive recurring General Fund appropriations to develop and submit a plan for a ten percent reduction of those funds.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 117, GENERAL PROVISIONS, page 553, after line 23, by adding an appropriately numbered proviso to read:

/ (GP: S.C. Urgent Reduction of Government Expenditure) (A) All state agencies and entities receiving General Fund appropriations in part 1A of this act shall develop and submit a plan for a General Fund base budget reduction of ten percent to the Governor, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the Chairman of the House Ways by December 31st, 2025.

(B) The Department of Administration shall design and promulgate a uniform reporting template for agencies to submit their plan, which must include, at a minimum, the ability to itemize proposed reductions. The template shall include the following information for each proposed itemized reduction based on the Budget Data section of the Annual Accountability Report:

(1) State Funded Program No.;

(2) State Funded Program Title;

(3) Description of State Funded Program;

(4) General Fund amount to be reduced;

(5) Number of State-Funded Employees to be terminated and,

(6) Estimated Impact of the Reduction.

(C) The plan may not include the reduction of staff salaries other than the agency head.

(D) For the purposes of this provision, "entities" includes any subdivisions of the state with a unique section in Part 1A of this act including, but not limited to, Section 91 � Legislative Department, Section 57 � Judicial Department and institutions of higher education./

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend totals and titles to conform.