03/20/1998 11:58 AM Senate RLS

                SB  76 - STATE LONG-TERM PLANNING                              
                                                                               
CHAIRMAN KELLY brought SB 76 before the committee as the final                 
order of business.  There was a proposed amendment to the bill for             
the committee's consideration.                                                 
                                                                               
SENATOR SEAN PARNELL, prime sponsor of SB 76, explained the                    
legislation simply amends the Executive Budget Act to make it clear            
that the Legislature sets the policy with respect to budgeting.  He            
directed attention to language on pages 3 and 4 that requires a                
truth in budgeting statement from the governor to be submitted with            
the annual budget on December 15 of every year.  He said the truth             
in budgeting statement is really tangential to the bill and                    
unnecessary to the bill, and the amendment would delete that                   
language.                                                                      
                                                                               
SENATOR LEMAN moved the adoption of the following amendment to SB
:                                                                            
                                                                               
Amendment No. 1                                                                
                                                                               
Page 3, line 31, through page 4, line 1:  Delete "The copies shall             
be accompanied by a statement of "Truth in Budgeting" prepared                 
under (e) of this section."                                                    
                                                                               
Page 4, lines 4 - 20: Delete all material.                                     
                                                                               
Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                              
                                                                               
Hearing no objection to the motion to adopt the amendment, CHAIRMAN            
KELLY stated the amendment was adopted and would be incorporated               
into a Rules CS.                                                               
                                                                               
SENATOR LEMAN moved and asked unanimous consent CSSB 76(RLS) be                
approved for calendaring at the discretion of the Chair.  Hearing              
no objection, it was so ordered.