Amend HR 4 (adopting the permanent rules of the house) in Rule 4, Section 33, by striking Subsection (c) (page 70, lines 5-16) and substituting the following:

(c)  In preparing a fiscal note, the director of the Legislative Budget Board may utilize information or data supplied by any person, agency, organization, or governmental unit that the director deems reliable. If the director determines that the fiscal implications of the measure cannot be ascertained, the director shall so state in the fiscal note and shall include in the note a statement of the reasons the director is unable to ascertain the fiscal implications of the measure, in which case the fiscal note shall be in full compliance with the rules. If the director of the Legislative Budget Board is unable to acquire or develop sufficient information to prepare the fiscal note within 15 days of receiving the measure from the chair of a committee, the director shall so state in the fiscal note and shall include in the note a statement of the reasons the director is unable to acquire or develop sufficient information, in which case the note shall be in full compliance with the rules.