Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 102, ELECTION COMMISSION, page 456, after line 22, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:

/ (ELECT: Constitutional referendum) In the current fiscal year, the Election Commission shall estimate the costs to adminster a constitutional referendum in 2024 to remove the Comptroller General as a constitutional officer and rather make the position subject to appointment by the Governor. Based on the estimate, the Commission shall withhold the expenditure of up to five percent of the funds appropriated to the Commission for general elections, to be carried forward into the following next fiscal year in preparation for the referendum regarding the removal of the Comptroller General as a constitutional officer. /

Amend totals and titles to conform.