FORTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2005

March 8, 2005

Mr. Speaker:

    Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 498, as amended

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

     1. Strike House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee Amendments 14 and 15.

     2. On page 3, line 25, after "members" strike the remainder of the line and on page 4, strike lines 1 through 13 in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof ":

                (1) the state purchasing agent or the agent's designee;

                (2) two persons, appointed by the governor, who represent state agencies that purchase significant amounts of goods and services from the private sector, or their designees;

                (3) a person, appointed by the governor, who is a state-employed vocational rehabilitation counselor and who is familiar with employment needs of persons with disabilities and with current pricing and marketing of goods and services; and

                (4) two persons with disabilities, a person who is familiar with employment needs of persons with disabilities and with current pricing and marketing of goods and services and two persons who represent community rehabilitation programs that provide employment services to persons with disabilities, all selected by mutual agreement of the persons appointed in Paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of this subsection.".

                             Respectfully submitted,

Fred Luna, Chairman

Adopted     Not Adopted

           (Chief Clerk)                            (Chief Clerk)

Date

The roll call vote was 12 For 0 Against

Yes:      12

No:       0

Excused:  Marquardt

Absent:   None

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