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Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 12 as sec. 13 and adding a new section designated sec. 12, following sec. 11, to read as follows:
“Sec. 12. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 2 to 10, inclusive, of this act, a state agency may apply to identify unspent money as savings pursuant to those sections only if it has been approved pursuant to this section to participate in a pilot program for the fiscal year for which the savings are sought to be identified.
2. A state agency that wishes to participate in a pilot program pursuant to sections 2 to 10, inclusive, of this act for the Fiscal Year 2003-2004, 2004-2005 or 2005-2006 shall submit an application to the Chief of the Budget Division on or before August 15 of the respective fiscal year. The application must identify that budget account to which the program would apply, the reasons that the state agency believes that it should participate in the pilot program and any programs that it believes could save money that would constitute savings for the purposes of sections 2 to 10, inclusive, of this act.
3. The Chief shall review the applications received pursuant to subsection 2 and approve not more than 16 budget accounts for participation in the pilot program in any fiscal year. To the extent practicable, the Chief shall select budget accounts that:
(a) Have, as indicated in the application, a demonstrated potential to generate savings; and
(b) Represent a variety of state agencies and programs.
4. The Chief shall notify the state agencies selected to participate in the pilot program each fiscal year on or before October 1 of that year. The Chief shall indicate the budget account to which the provisions of sections 2 to 10, inclusive, of this act will apply. A state agency selected to participate in the pilot program shall submit the application required pursuant to section 7 of this act and otherwise carry out the provisions of sections 2 to 10, inclusive, of this act for that budget account for that fiscal year.
5. As used in this section:
(a) “Chief” means the Chief of the Budget Division of the Department of Administration.
(b) “State agency” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 4 of this act.”.
Amend sec. 12, page 4, line 20, by deleting “2003.” and inserting:
“2003, and expires by limitation on July 1, 2007.”.
Amend the title of the bill, first line, after “authorizing” by inserting:
“a pilot program to allow”.
Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:
“SUMMARY—Authorizes pilot program to allow state agencies to retain certain cost savings. (BDR 31‑936)”.