Amendments to House Bill No. 2
3rd Reading Copy
Requested by Senator Ryan Lynch
For the Senate Finance and Claims Committee
Prepared by Walker Hopkins
April 11, 2023 (7:24am)
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Following: line 26
Insert: "f. Additional Authority for Correctional Officers (Restricted/OTO)"
Insert: "1,250,000 1,250,000"[General Fund FY24 FY25]
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Following: line 21
Insert: "Appropriations in Additional Authority for Correctional Officers may be used only after the Department of Corrections has fully expended all personal services appropriated for the purpose of paying correctional officers in the amount of $67,692,715 for the 2025 biennium."
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Explanation - This amendment provides $2,500,000 in restricted one-time-only general fund authority to the Department of Corrections to pay overtime for correctional officers contingent on the department first expending all its appropriated personal services related to paying correctional officers. All appropriations in the Public Safety Division are biennial and can be used throughout he 2025 biennium.