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Amend the amendment in Part A in section 22 in that part designated "EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF" in the 5th occurrence of that part relating to "Leadership Team Z077" by striking out the initiative (page 162, lines 34 to 37 in amendment) and inserting the following:
 
‘Initiative: Reallocates the cost of one Education Specialist III position, one part-time Office Associate II position and All Other from the Leadership Team program to the PK-20 Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment program.’
Amend the amendment in Part A in section 22 in that part designated "EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF" in the 4th occurrence of that part relating to "PK-20 Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Z081" by striking out the initiative (page 168, lines 1 to 4 in amendment) and inserting the following:
 
‘Initiative: Reallocates the cost of one Education Specialist III position from 100% Federal Expenditures Fund to 75% Federal Expenditures Fund and 25% General Fund effective October 1, 2011, transfers All Other to Personal Services in the General Fund to cover the cost of the transfer and eliminates All Other funding in the Reading First account.’
Amend the amendment in Part S in section 1 in §89 in subsection 1 by striking out all of the first paragraph and paragraph A (page 554, lines 25 to 36 in amendment) and inserting the following:
 
‘1.  Minimum requirements.     The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services shall enter into a competitive bidding or bargaining process to renew, replace or continue any contract awarded pursuant to section 88 for the sale, franchise, license or lease of the State's wholesale liquor activities associated with distributing and selling spirits and fortified wines sold by the State and shall award the contract at least one year before the end of the contract that is scheduled to end on June 30, 2014 and no later than June 20, 2013. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over veterans and legal affairs and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs must have an opportunity to review the contract prior to its execution. A contract awarded under this subsection may not extend for more than 10 years and must require the following payments:
 
A. A minimum initial payment of $20,000,000 by the entity awarded the contract, or by its financier, due at the time of the award of the contract;’
Amend the amendment in Part V in section 1 in paragraph J in the first line (page 565, line 37 in amendment) by striking out the following: "on or"
Amend the amendment in Part V in section 1 in paragraph J in the 4th line (page 565, line 40 in amendment) by striking out the following: "on or"
Amend the amendment by inserting after Part QQQQ the following:
PART RRRR
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Sec. RRRR-1. State Lottery Fund; reduction to expenses; transfer to General Fund. The Director of the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services shall reduce costs of goods sold expenditures below budgeted amounts by $350,000 in fiscal year 2011-12 and $2,200,000 in fiscal year 2012-13 based on extending the lottery contract in fiscal year 2011-12 and from rebidding the existing contract in fiscal year 2012-13 in order to increase General Fund revenue by $350,000 in fiscal year 2011-12 and $2,200,000 in fiscal year 2012-13.
Sec. RRRR-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Lottery Operations 0023
 
Initiative: Allocates funds to offset deallocations in Part A that were intended to recognize savings within the costs of goods sold account, which is not allocated by the Legislature. This allocation avoids an unintended reduction to lottery operating allocations.

STATE LOTTERY FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
All Other	$350,000	$2,200,000	
			
STATE LOTTERY FUND TOTAL	$350,000	$2,200,000	
 
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Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment makes a number of technical changes to Committee Amendment "A."
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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