This amendment adjusts funding included in the introduced budget regarding an increase in the starting salary for entry level sheriffs to reflect the two percent across the board salary increase included in Item 467. This amendment, along with the amendment to Item 467, provides the same salary increase for grade 7 deputy sheriffs that was proposed in the introduced budget. This amendment also specifies that entry-level correctional officers employed at regional jails are also included in this salary adjustment. This amendment eliminates language which required localities to automatically provide, and fund, future salary increases when the income levels for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is increased.