Amend the amendment bearing file path 3579R067.EB.LKG (amendment 31A), as and if amended, by striking SECTION 4 and inserting:
/ SECTION 4. Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 57 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 57-1-100. (A). There is hereby created the Road Improvement Fund separate and distinct from all other funds, including the general fund. The General Assembly, in the annual general appropriations act, may appropriate to the Road Improvement Fund out of the estimated revenue of the general fund for the fiscal year for which the appropriations are made, an amount that it deems necessary to address the State's transportation infrastructure needs balanced against the other budgetary obligations and priorities of the State.
(B) This appropriation must be contained in the Ways and Means Committee report on the general appropriations bill, the general appropriations bill at the time of third reading in the House of Representatives, the Senate Finance Committee report on the general appropriations bill, the general appropriations bill at the time of a third reading in the Senate, and in any conference report on the general appropriations bill." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.