SB119

The amendment transforms the bill from a vague $101 general appropriation for "enhancing economic health" into a specific $25,000,000 transfer to create a new capitol restoration fund dedicated to restoring and improving the state capitol building, REDIRECTING the bill's purpose and providing concrete direction for how the funds must be used.

The amendment reduces the initial transfer to the capitol restoration fund from `$25,000,000` to `$101`, which appears to be a placeholder amount pending final budget negotiations rather than a substantive policy change. The bill's purpose of creating the fund and establishing the restoration process remains intact, but the actual funding available for capitol improvements is effectively gutted until the Legislature acts again through special appropriation.

The amendment increases the capitol restoration fund transfer from a placeholder amount of $101 to an actual $1,100,000 and redirects the funding source from the general fund to the public buildings fund, substantively strengthening the bill by providing meaningful resources for the capitol restoration project.

This change converts the bill from the House Appropriations engrossed version to the final enrolled version, removing internal legislative markup formatting and adding official enrollment certification and signature blocks for the Governor and Secretary of State. The substantive content of the bill—creating a capitol restoration fund and transferring $1,100,000 to it—remains unchanged.

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• Ernie Otten119B