EXPLANATION:

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 98, STATE TREASURER'S OFFICE, page 475, after line 5, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:

/ (TREAS: Study Committee) From the funds appropriated to the State Treasurer's Office, the Treasurer shall create a study committee to examine the feasibility of establishing gold and silver as legal tender. The committee also shall examine the possibility of the creation of a state depository for precious metal bullion. /

Amend totals and titles to conform.