Mr. Chairman:
I move to amend House Bill 2 (second reading copy -- yellow).
Signed: ____________________________
Representative David Bedey
And, that such amendments to House Bill 2 (second reading copy -- yellow) read as follows:
1. Page E-7:
Strike: line 4 through line 5 in their entirety
Renumber: subsequent subsections
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Explanation - This amendment eliminates restricted, one-time-only general fund appropriations of $500,000 each fiscal year in the Commissioner of Higher Education. This reduction is to the funding for the Montana Research and Economic Development Initiative (MREDI). It is proposed that this program will receive funding in HB 632 from the federal funds included in the American Rescue Plan Act.