Senator HARPOOTLIAN proposes the following amendment (4100R055.SP.RAH.DOCX):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 117, GENERAL PROVISIONS, page 538, after line 28, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:

/117.__.(GP: State Flightless Bird) For this fiscal year, the Raphus cucullatus, otherwise known as the dodo bird, is the official extinct state flightless bird. Funds shall be appropriated to the appropriate agencies for the purposes of educating the citizens of this State about the characteristics, nature, evolution, and inevitable extinction of the dodo bird./

Amend sections, totals and title to conform.