S.B. 3
         SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS II

House Floor Amendments

Amendment 5 February 28, 2001 11:26 am



Representative Harper proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 14, Line 486:    After Line 485 insert:
        " It is the intent of the Legislature for the calendar year 2001, that the vacant position report due by September 1 as required by Utah Code Ann. Sec. 67-19-6(1)(l) contain the following information:
         1. all positions vacant for 6 consecutive months or more during the 12 month period prior to March 1, 2001;
         2. all positions which have been filled between March 1 and August 1, 2001, which were vacant longer than 6 months on March 1, 2001;
         3. the reasons for the vacancies as of August 1, 2001;
         4. the reasons for the inability to fill the positions;
         5. future plans for the positions;
         6. funding source for each position, taking into consideration any reductions or employee savings in the budgetary process;
         7. identification where the positions were created as part of a federally funded or mandated program for which no or reduced federal funding is available;
         8. a response from each department about which positions should be eliminated, transferred, or filled, and the reasons why.

         The Legislature further intends that the report be organized by department and that the Office of Legislative Fiscal Analyst present the report to the Executive Appropriations Committee in September and a summary report for each appropriations subcommittee for the 2002 General Session. "