AMENDMENT FOR PRINTED BILL
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___________________ moved that SB 2 be amended as follows:


    On page 3 of the printed bill, delete lines 10 to 23, inclusive, and insert:

"Advisory Task Force. The task force consists of the following eight members:

            (1)    The speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint two members of the House of Representatives, one from each political party;

            (2)    The president pro tempore of the Senate shall appoint two members of the Senate, one from each political party;

            (3)    The speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint two members of the general public, one member to be an agricultural producer and one member to represent conservation districts; and

            (4)    The president pro tempore of the Senate shall appoint two members of the general public, one member to be an agricultural producer and one member to represent county government.

    The task force shall select a chair and vice chair from its members.".

    On page 4, line 10, after "feasible." insert "Municipalities of the first class may not be included in a district.".

    On page 4, between lines 12 and 13 of the printed bill, insert:
"
    The task force shall work with the local governments in the Vermillion River Basin Natural Resource District to establish a pilot water management plan for the district that could be used as a guide for a water management plan in each of the remaining river basin natural resource districts.".

    On page 4, line 15, after "census" insert "and not including the population of any municipality of the first class".

    On page 5, delete lines 2 to 8, inclusive, and insert "determined by the task force based on the population and the geography of the district.".

    On page 5, line 9, delete "next" and insert "2018".

    On page 5, line 10, delete "following the effective date of this Act".

    On page 5, delete lines 15 to 24, inclusive, and insert:

"    Section 18. Five percent of the electors of a district may petition the district council to submit to an election the question of whether the district should become dormant. The election shall be conducted, canvassed, recounted, and contested as elections under the general laws of this state. No district may become dormant unless sixty percent or more of the votes cast are in favor of the district

becoming dormant.".


    Delete pages 6 to 12, inclusive