This amendment to House Substitute No.

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendment to House Substitute No. 1

This amendment makes technical corrections, requires cost projections and consultations with the Controller General for Transition Reports, shortens the timeline for presenting these reports, and sets a 180-day implementation period.

What This Bill Does

• Makes several small fixes to existing laws.
• Adds the Controller General or their chosen person to those who must be consulted when making the Transition Report.
• Requires that the Transition Report include cost estimates for any changes being made.
• Changes how long people have to present the Transition Report from one year before a change happens to six months before it happens.
• Sets up a 180-day period after the law is passed for putting everything into action.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who are involved in making and reviewing the Transition Report.
• The Controller General and their team.

Terms To Know

Transition Report

A report that outlines plans for changes or transitions, including costs and consultations with certain officials.

Controller General

An official who oversees financial matters in government.

Limits and Unknowns

• The summary does not specify all the technical corrections made.
• It is unclear what specific changes were made to line 275 of House Substitute No. 1.

Official Summary Text

This amendment to House Substitute No. 1 to House Bill No. 1 makes several technical corrections. It also adds the Controller General or the Controller General’s designee to the list of individuals that must be consulted in development of the Transition Report and explicitly requires the Transition Report to include cost projections for the transition. The enactment clause is changed so that the Act takes effect upon enactment with 180 days for implementation. Finally, the time when the Transition Report must be presented to the General Assembly is shortened from 1 year in advance of the transition to 6 months in advance of the transition.

Current Bill Text

Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Carson

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE NO. 1

FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 1

AMEND House Substitute No. 1 to House Bill No. 1 by deleting line 9 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof:

“

(3) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

”.

FURTHER AMEND House Substitute No. 1 to House Bill No. 1 at line 16 by deleting “

plan.

” as it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof: “

plan, including projections of the fiscal costs of the transition

.”.

FURTHER AMEND House Substitute No. 1 to House Bill No. 1 by inserting after line 23 and before line 24 the following:

“

g. The Controller General.

”.

FURTHER AMEND House Substitute No. 1 to House Bill No. 1 on line 24 by deleting “

1 year

” and inserting in lieu thereof “

6 months

”.

FURTHER AMEND House Substitute No. 1 to House Bill No. 1 on line 224 by deleting “

Joint Legislative Committee on the Capital Improvement Program.

” and inserting in lieu thereof “

Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Improvement.

”.

FURTHER AMEND House Substitute No. 1 to House Bill No. 1 by deleting line 275 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof:

“Section 12. This Act takes effect upon its enactment into law and is to be implemented within 180 days of its enactment.”.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment to House Substitute No. 1 to House Bill No. 1 makes several technical corrections. It also adds the Controller General or the Controller General’s designee to the list of individuals that must be consulted in development of the Transition Report and explicitly requires the Transition Report to include cost projections for the transition. The enactment clause is changed so that the Act takes effect upon enactment with 180 days for implementation. Finally, the time when the Transition Report must be presented to the General Assembly is shortened from 1 year in advance of the transition to 6 months in advance of the transition.