Amend HB 1909 (engrossed version) as follows:
      (1)  On page 1 of the bill, lines 10 and 11, strike "subject
to the availability of funds, shall" and substitute "may".
      (2)  On page 1, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following
and reletter subsequent subsections appropriately.
      (b)  The department may limit the percentage of earnings
disregarded, impose a time limit on how long the earnings are
disregarded or gradually reduce the percentage of earnings
disregarded in order to remain within available funding.
      (c)  Funding for earnings disregards may also come from
savings associated with sanctions related to noncompliance with the
personal responsibility agreement and work requirements in this
chapter, from savings resulting from caseload declines below
projections specified in the Appropriations bill, and from
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant funds.