1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 3587, the delete everything amendment
1.2(H3587DE1), as follows:
1.3Page 4, after line 12, insert:

1.4    "Sec. 9. [16A.117] CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.
1.5    If a major appropriation bill to fund a given state agency for the next biennium has
1.6not been passed in the same form by the house of representatives and senate and been
1.7presented to the governor before July 1 of an odd-numbered year, amounts sufficient to
1.8continue operation of that agency and the programs administered by that agency through
1.9July 31 of the fiscal year beginning in the same calendar year at the base level for that
1.10fiscal year, as determined according to section 16A.11, subdivision 3, and previous
1.11appropriation acts, are appropriated to the agency from the appropriate funds and accounts
1.12in the state treasury. The base level for an appropriation that was designated as onetime or
1.13was onetime in nature is zero. Determination of the amount appropriated may be made
1.14on a proration of the annual amount or another reasonable basis as determined by the
1.15commissioner of finance."
1.16Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.17Amend the title accordingly