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Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. LLLL, §2  is amended to read:
Sec. LLLL-2. Legislative account; lapsed balances; Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability - General Fund. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $16,517 of unencumbered balance forward in the Personal Services line category and $300,964$495,964 in the unencumbered balance forward in the All Other line category in the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability General Fund account in the Legislature lapses to the General Fund in fiscal year 2008-09.
Sec. 2. PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. LLLL, §3  is repealed.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment strikes the General Fund appropriation in the bill and instead repeals that section of Public Law 2007, chapter 539, Part LLLL that removes funding for positions in the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability.
This amendment also increases from $300,964 to $495,964 the amount in the unencumbered balance forward in the All Other line category in the Office of Evaluation and Government Accountability General Fund account that lapses to the General Fund in fiscal year 2008-09.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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