Mr. Chairman:

I move to amend House Bill 2 (second reading copy -- yellow).

Signed: ____________________________

Representative Bill Mercer


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).