Amend the bill in section 1 in §9 by striking out all of subsections 1 to 4 (page 1, lines 15 to 37 in L.D.) and inserting the following:

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This amendment removes the requirements in the bill that the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry provide public notice of each cooperative agreement or arrangement, solicit public comments, provide responses to public comments and consider requests submitted in writing to decline to receive future funding from a cooperative agreement or arrangement. It also changes the requirement to report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over agricultural matters regarding the cooperative agreements and arrangements entered into from an annual requirement to a biennial requirement. The amendment also requires the department to post on its publicly accessible website a description of each cooperative agreement or arrangement entered into during the previous fiscal year, including the expected benefits to the State, the department, the regulated community and the public.