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Senate committee adopts amendments to commission appointment and rule-making language, passes bill out of committee
Summary
The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources adopted multiple amendments to a bill changing commission districts and the process for proposing rules; the committee then voted to pass the bill favorably as amended.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources voted Wednesday to adopt several amendments to Senate Bill 211 and then voted to pass the bill out of committee favorably as amended.
The committee first adopted an amendment from Senator Francisco that would allow members of the commission to submit “potential rules and regulations” to the commission and would permit the commission, by majority vote, to direct the secretary to make a report on those potential rules and regulations. Francisco said the language was intended to let a single commissioner suggest ideas that are not already in the formal rulemaking pipeline. "Members may submit to the commission potential rules and regulations," Francisco…
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