Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Cmte Sub for Senate Bill No. 2066

BY: Senator(s) Moffatt, Chaney, Ross, White

     AMEND by inserting the following new Section 1 and renumbering subsequent sections:

     SECTION 1.  There is hereby created a joint committee to study the reinstatement of the statutory salary cap, also known as the Omnibus Salary Section.  The joint committee shall study the effect of the repeal of former Section 25-3-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, upon the increase in salary levels of the affected executive agency directors, deputy directors and the cost of salaries for other related state employees.  The joint committee shall be composed of the following members:  Chairmen of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees; Chairmen of the Senate and House Fees and Salaries Committees; three (3) member of the Senate appointed by the Lieutenant Governor; and three (3) members of the House appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  The joint committee shall organize for business, select a chairman or co-chairman, and shall develop a report to be made to the 2006 Regular Session of the Legislature.  At the conclusion of its work, the joint committee shall be dissolved.

     FURTHER, AMEND the title to conform.