AMENDMENT FOR PRINTED BILL
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___________________ moved that HB 1046 be amended as follows:


    On page 3 of the printed bill, delete lines 23 and 24.

    On page 4, delete lines 1 to 13, inclusive.

    On page 4, after line 23, insert:

"    Section 12. That § 4-7-1 be amended to read as follows:

    4-7-1. Terms used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, mean:

            (1)    "Appropriation," an authorization by the Legislature to a budget unit to expend, from public funds, a sum of money not in excess of the sum specified, for the purposes specified in the authorization and under the procedure described in this chapter;
            (2)    "Budget," the complete financial plan for the state for the fiscal period as proposed in the budget report and modified and adopted by appropriation and revenue acts;
            (3)    "Budget estimate," the statement with accompanying explanations, as provided in this chapter, in which a budget unit sets forth its financial requirements;
            (4)    "Budget message," the required statement by the Governor to the Legislature after its convening, which gives a summary description of his proposed financial policies and plans contained in the budget report, together with his recommendations for additional revenues, if any;
            (5)    "Budget report," the recommendations of the Governor to the Legislature as to financial plans and appropriations to be requested, with the accompanying statements and explanations provided for in this chapter;
            (6)(5)    "Budget unit," a department, institution, commission, agency, board, examining board, or other unit of government for which separate appropriations, continuing appropriations or other dedications or earmarking of funds are made or which otherwise collects fees or funds of any nature under authority of any statute of this state;
            (7)(6)    "Classification of expenditures," one of the several definite kinds of expenditures denoting a class of service or commodities purchased or properties acquired as specified by the commissioner of finance and management for use in expenditure accounting, in the making of budget estimates, and in the budget reports and budgets. Such classification shall be by program, function, activity, organizational unit, character and object;
            (8)(7)    "General Appropriations Act," an act of the Legislature which authorizes the expenditure of money from public funds for the ordinary current and capital expenditures of the executive, legislative, and judicial departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for public schools, as further defined by rules and regulations issued by the commissioner of finance and management;
            (9)(8)    "Informational budget," the budget of any budget unit not receiving general fund appropriations;
            (10)(9)    "Special appropriations act," an act of the Legislature which authorizes the expenditure of money from public funds for any purpose other than those purposes enumerated in the definition of the General Appropriations Act.

    Section 13. That § 4-7-1.1 be amended to read as follows:

    4-7-1.1. For the purposes of this chapter:

            (1)    An "advisory body" is one which serves as an official consultant or advisor to a state agency without making formal policy decisions for the agency or its programs;
            (2)    A "legislative body" is one composed primarily of legislators pursuant to chapter 1-4, 1-26, 1-26B, 2-6, 2-9, 2-11, 2-16, 4-8A, or 4-8B, or 6-11;
            (3)    A "management body" is a policymaking body which has additional duties, responsibilities, and authority such that they place additional demands upon the body's members in terms of attending meetings, dealing with state agencies and the public, and being knowledgeable in the body's specific subject area; and
            (4)    A "policymaking body" is one which monitors and directs the work of an agency by making official policy either through rule making, licensing, or regulatory authority.

    Section 14. That § 4-7-9 be amended to read as follows:

    4-7-9. The Governor, through the Bureau of Finance and Management, shall prepare and submit a budget report to the Legislature, and copies thereof shall be transmitted to each member of the Legislature, not later than the first Tuesday after the first Monday of December immediately preceding the session for consideration either with or without amendments and modifications by the Legislature. The Governor may present such report to the Legislature in person.

    Section 15. The Joint Committee on Appropriations may request any department or budget unit to submit a zero based budget scenario pursuant to guidelines and procedures established jointly by the Bureau of Finance and Management and the Legislative Research Council.".