***Adopted***

AMENDMENT No. 2 PROPOSED TO

                             House Bill NO. 773

                             By Representative(s) Guice, Malone

     AMEND by inserting the following new section before line 177 and renumbering the succeeding section:

     SECTION__.  Unless otherwise authorized by the Colonel Guy Groff State Variable Compensation Plan, the salary of any state officer or employee, except for those employees listed in paragraph 25-9-107(c)(xiii), that was increased on or after January 1, 2003, in an amount that exceeded the amount authorized by the fiscal year 2003 appropriation bill for the agency or department for which the officer or employee works, shall be decreased to no more than the salary of the officer or employee on December 31, 2002, adjusted by the fifty percent (50%) realignment increase, or increased by the Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00), whichever is greater, as authorized in the fiscal year 2003 appropriation bill for the agency or department for which the officer or employee works.  The decrease in salary shall be effective beginning on the first day of the payroll period that begins thirty (30) days after the passage of this act.

     AMEND further the title to conform.