Substitute House Bill No. 5024
          Substitute House Bill No. 5024

               SPECIAL ACT NO. 98-8


AN  ACT  MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS WITH RESPECT
TO THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE  30,
1999,  AND PROVIDING A COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCE TO
PERMANENT  FULL-TIME  EMPLOYEES   OF   THE   JOINT
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT.


    Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened:
    Section  1.  Section 46 of public act 97-11 of
the June 18 special session is  repealed  and  the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
    [(a)]  The  sum  of  $150,000  of  the  amount
appropriated to the Department of  Education,  for
the   fiscal   year  ending  June  30,  1998,  for
Education   Equalization    Grants,    shall    be
transferred  to  Interdistrict  Cooperation for an
interdistrict  abuse/neglect   domestic   violence
education  program  for  children  five  to twelve
years of age.
    [(b)   The  sum  of  $150,000  of  the  amount
appropriated to the Department of  Education,  for
the   fiscal   year  ending  June  30,  1999,  for
Education   Equalization    Grants,    shall    be
transferred  to  Interdistrict  Cooperation for an
interdistrict  abuse/neglect   domestic   violence
education  program  for  children  five  to twelve
years of age.]
    Sec.  2. Section 49 of public act 97-11 of the
June  18  special  session  is  repealed  and  the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
    (a)  The sum of $1,099,698 appropriated to the
Office of Policy and Management,  for  the  fiscal
year  ending June 30, 1998, for Personal Services,
shall  be  transferred  to   the   Department   of
Administrative Services for such purpose.
    (b)  The  sum  of $361,045 appropriated to the
Office of Policy and Management,  for  the  fiscal
year  ending  June  30,  1998, for Other Expenses,
shall  be  transferred  to   the   Department   of
Administrative Services for such purpose.
    [(c)  The  sum  of  $1,147,163 appropriated to
the Office  of  Policy  and  Management,  for  the
fiscal  year  ending  June  30, 1999, for Personal
Services, shall be transferred to  the  Department
of Administrative Services for such purpose.
    (d)  The  sum  of $361,045 appropriated to the
Office of Policy and Management,  for  the  fiscal
year  ending  June  30,  1999, for Other Expenses,
shall  be  transferred  to   the   Department   of
Administrative Services for such purpose.]
    Sec.  3.  Subsection  (j)  of  section  52  of
public act 97-11 of the June 18 special session is
repealed  and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof:
    (j)  During  the  fiscal  year ending June 30,
1998, [and during the fiscal year ending June  30,
1999,]  $30,000  of the amount appropriated to the
Department    of    Education,    for    Education
Equalization  Grants,  shall be transferred to the
State Library, for Personal Services.
    Sec.   4.   The   sum   of   $150,000  in  the
Interdistrict   Cooperation   account    in    the
Department  of Education shall be used, during the
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,   1999,   for   an
interdistrict   abuse/neglect   domestic  violence
education program  for  children  five  to  twelve
years of age.
    Sec.  5.  Each permanent full-time employee of
the  Joint  Committee  on  Legislative  Management
shall  receive  a  three  per  cent cost-of-living
allowance for the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,
1998,  and  the  fiscal year ending June 30, 1999.
The cost-of-living allowance for the  fiscal  year
ending June 30, 1998, shall be retroactive to July
4, 1997.
    Sec.  6. Section 15 of public act 97-11 of the
June 18 special session is repealed.
    Sec.  7.  Section  57  of special act 97-21 is
repealed.
    Sec.  8.  This  act shall take effect from its
passage, except sections 1 to  4,  inclusive,  and
section 6 shall take effect July 1, 1998.

Approved May 19, 1998