REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

MR. SPEAKER AND MR. PRESIDENT:

We, the undersigned conferees, have had under consideration the amendments to the following entitled BILL:

H. B. No. 1632: Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.

We, therefore, respectfully submit the following report and recommendation:

 

1. That the Senate recede from its Amendment No. 1.

2. That the House and Senate adopt the following amendment:

 

AMEND by striking lines 12 through 44 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

June 30, 2001 $ 1,013,188.00.

SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the special fund in the State Treasury to the credit of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission which is comprised of special source funds collected by or otherwise available to the commission, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001

$ 1,174,737.00.

SECTION 3. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 1 and Section 2, not more than the amounts set forth below shall be expended for the respective major objects or purposes of expenditure:

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 834,674.00

Travel and Subsistence 66,267.00

Contractual Services 143,809.00

Commodities 90,666.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 0.00

Equipment 60,100.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 992,409.00

Total $ 2,187,925.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 1,013,188.00

Special Funds 1,174,737.00

Total $ 2,187,925.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time 18

Part Time 0

Time-Limited: Full Time 4

Part Time 0

AMEND FURTHER on lines 92 and 93 by changing "Fifty-five Thousand Dollars ($55,000.00)" to "Sixty-five Thousand Dollars ($65,000.00)"

AMEND FURTHER by inserting the following new SECTION 8 after line 101 and renumbering succeeding sections:

SECTION 8. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby reappropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Soil and Water Conservation Commission for the purpose of reauthorizing the expenditure of the State General Funds, as authorized in House Bill No. 1634, Regular Session of 1999, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001..................

....................................................$ 60,000.00.

Notwithstanding the amount reappropriated under the

provisions of this section, in no event shall the amount expended exceed the unexpended balances of June 30, 2000.
   

CONFEREES FOR THE HOUSE

CONFEREES FOR THE SENATE
   

X (SIGNED:)

X (SIGNED:)

Charlie Capps, Jr.

Jack Gordon
   

X (SIGNED:)

(NOT SIGNED:)

David L. Green

E. Glenn Hamilton
   

X (SIGNED:)

X (SIGNED:)

Percy L. Maples

Sampson Jackson II