AMENDMENT FOR PRINTED BILL
116zd

___________________ moved that SB 116 be amended as follows:



On the printed bill, delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"    Section 1. That § 4-7-31 be amended to read:

    4-7-31. There is hereby established within the state treasury the budget reserve fund. Expenditures from the budget reserve fund may occur only by special appropriation of the Legislature and only to redress unforeseen expenditure obligations or unforeseen revenue shortfalls, as may constitute an emergency pursuant to S.D. Const., Art. III, § 1.

    Section 2. That § 4-7-32 be amended to read:

    4-7-32. On July first of each fiscal year, or at such time that as the prior fiscal year general fund ending unobligated cash balance is determined, the commissioner of the Bureau of Finance and Management shall transfer all prior year unobligated cash up to an amount equal to ten percent of the general fund appropriations from the general appropriation act for the prior fiscal year into the budget reserve fund. In no event shall the cash balance in the budget reserve fund be greater than ten percent of the general fund appropriations from the general appropriation act for the prior fiscal year.

    Expenditures out of the budget reserve fund shall only be by special appropriation of the Legislature and shall only redress such unforeseen expenditure obligations or such unforeseen revenue shortfalls as may constitute an emergency pursuant to S.D. Const., Art. III, § 1 as follows:

            (1)    If the combined cash balance of the budget reserve fund and the general revenue replacement fund is less than ten percent of the General Appropriations Act for the prior year, an amount of unobligated cash shall be transferred to the budget reserve fund, so that the combined cash balance of the funds equals ten percent of the General Appropriations Act for the prior year;

            (2)    If any unobligated cash balance remains after the requirements of subdivision (1) are met, the commissioner of the Bureau of Finance and Management shall transfer one dollar into the education enhancement trust fund created pursuant to S.D. Const., Art. XII, § 6 to allow the funds to be invested to fund the needs-based grants as provided in chapter 13-55A;

            (3)    If any unobligated cash balance remains after the requirements of subdivision (2) are met, the commissioner of the Bureau of Finance and Management shall transfer any unobligated cash remaining into the budget reserve fund if the amount in the budget reserve fund does not exceed fifteen percent of the general fund appropriations in the General Appropriations Act for the prior fiscal year;

            (4)    If any unobligated cash balance remains after the requirements of subdivision (3) are met, the commissioner of the Bureau of Finance and Management shall transfer the remaining amount into the general revenue replacement fund .

    Section 3. That § 4-7-39 be repealed.

    4-7-39. The commissioner of the Bureau of Finance and Management shall transfer any unobligated cash remaining after the transfer into the budget reserve fund as required by § 4-7-32 into the general revenue replacement fund if the amount in the general revenue replacement fund does not exceed fifteen percent of the general fund appropriations in the General Appropriations Act for the previous fiscal year. "