prague june 20 reuters  the czech finance ministry has proposed that statecontrolled utility cez cezppr pays a dividend of 48 crowns per share this year rather tyhan the 44 crowns proposed by the companys board the ministry said on monday the higher dividend to be voted on at an annual meeting on june 28 would amount to 258 billion crowns 11 billion rather than the 237 billion crowns proposed by the board the state owns 70 of cez the proposal would also move the payment date by three months to nov 1 from aug 1 to give cez extra time to secure liquidity given high margin requirements on power exchanges in a volatile market the ministry said reporting by jan lopatka and robert muller editing by david goodman