House Amendment 8
H 5164 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Education Scholarship Trust Fund
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Rep. Wetmore proposes the following amendment (LC-5164.WAB0017H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 4, by striking Section 59-8-125(B) and inserting:

 (B) The General Assembly shall appropriate funds to the department for initial costs to create the program. Thereafter, the department shall deduct an amount from the ESTF to cover the costs of overseeing the accounts and administering the program up to a limit of two percent. Annually, on or before December thirty-first, the department shall notify the respective chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee and House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee regarding the amount deducted for administrative costs and an itemization of the costs incurred to administer the program for the previous schoolfiscal year.