STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2137

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Senator DiFRANCESCO)

ADOPTED: DECEMBER 15, 1997

      This amendment raises the principal amount of bonds which can be issued by a county for county college capital projects and which qualify for State support to $140,000,000. The bill in its original form raised this bond cap from $80,000,000 to $120,000,000. This amendment increases the cap amount proposed in the original bill by an additional $20,000,000.