FORTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, 2007

March 20, 2007

Mr. Speaker:

    Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 1

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

     1. On page 1, line 19, after "2007" insert ", unless otherwise indicated,".

     2. On page 2, line 6, strike "and".

     3. On page 2, line 11, strike the period, insert "; and" and between lines 11 and 12, insert:

                "(4) for the legislative finance committee, two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), for expenditure in fiscal years 2007 and 2008, for technical expertise on tax policy and public finance, including bond financing, energy markets, real estate finance and other specialized fields, to maintain quality of technical, economic and financial support on issues important to the legislature.".