2020-03-03                     House Journal                      Page 1778
Excused:  Jackson                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
And so, Amendment No. 20 was not adopted.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
The Speaker stated that, without objection, Amendment No. 21 would                                                              
be moved to the bottom of the amendments.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 22 was offered  by Representative Eastman:                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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     Delete "COSTS OF JOB RECLASSIFICATIONS."                                                                                   
     Insert "LEGISLATIVE INTENT. (a)"                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
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     Insert a new subsection to read:                                                                                           
     "(b)  It is the intent of the legislature that a department may not                                                        
expend funds in excess of the funds appropriated in this budget. A                                                              
department whose expenditures exceed budgeted amounts at the end                                                                
of the fiscal year, except those funds spent in the furtherance of public                                                       
safety or pursuant to declared emergencies, should expect those                                                                 
expenses to be drawn from the department's budget for the next fiscal                                                           
year."                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that                                                                   
Amendment No. 22 be adopted.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Pruitt objected.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
The question being:  "Shall Amendment No. 22 be adopted?"  The roll                                                             
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 205(FIN)(Corrected) am                                                                                                     
Second Reading                                                                                                                  
Amendment No. 22                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  1   NAYS:  38   EXCUSED:  1   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Eastman                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Carpenter, Claman, Drummond, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Gillis,                                                             
Hannan, Hopkins, Johnson, Johnston, Josephson, Knopp, Kopp,                                                                     
Kreiss-Tomkins, LeBon, LeDoux, Lincoln, Merrick, Neuman, Ortiz,