evidence_text: Rep. Martin moved to amend the bill as follows:
  
  1. Amend page 18, following line 11, by inserting:
  
  “Police academy assistance 30,000,000”
  
  and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.
  
  2. Amend page 49, following line 23, by inserting:
  
  “ Sec. 576. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for police academy assistance, $10,000,000.00 must be allocated for training academy recruit salaries for recruits from local public safety departments, to provide salaries of up to $4,000.00 to police cadets who are receiving tuition assistance under subsection (2) of this section.
  
  (2) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for police academy assistance, the department of state police must allocate $20,000,000.00 to create a competitive scholarship program for local public safety department recruits, which will provide a police academy scholarship of up to $20,000.00 per recruit on a first-come, first-serve basis to applicants who meet the necessary requirements and enroll in a police academy program.
  
  (3) The requirements that an applicant must meet in order to receive a scholarship include the following:
  
  (a) He or she has applied to at least one MCOLES-approved law enforcement basic training academy.
  
  (b) He or she has completed an interview and received approval for the scholarship from the local public safety department that he or she intends to serve.
  
  (4) For the purposes of this section, no more than 25 scholarships may be approved by a particular local public safety department. ”.
  
  The motion prevailed and the amendments were adopted, a majority of the members serving voting therefor.