This amendment adjusts the funding and language to enhance the fiscal year 2020 salary increases adopted in Chapter 2, 2018 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I. The amendment increases the across the board increase for state employees from 2.0 to 2.75 percent, and for university faculty and state supported local employees from 2.0 to 3.0 percent. The state employee merit increases from 2.0 to 2.25 percent. The amendment also strikes the language in the introduced budget authorizing a one percent bonus and redirects the funding to support the higher salary increase.