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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2360 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 3, by inserting after line 15 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. . FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY 1 5 PURCHASING STUDY. The department of general 1 6 services, in consultation with the quartermaster and 1 7 property officer of the state under section 29A.19, 1 8 the commission for the blind, the council on human 1 9 services, the state board of education, the state 1 10 board of regents, and the director of the department 1 11 of corrections, shall conduct a study of the 1 12 feasibility of requiring state agencies, when 1 13 purchasing food or agricultural commodities for 1 14 processing into food, to purchase Iowa agricultural 1 15 commodities for processing into food and food 1 16 processed from Iowa agricultural commodities if the 1 17 price of the commodities or food is reasonably 1 18 competitive and the quality meets required standards. 1 19 The study shall include an analysis of the financial 1 20 impacts of such a purchasing requirement and the 1 21 availability of Iowa agricultural commodities and food 1 22 processed from Iowa agricultural commodities. The 1 23 analysis shall consider the potential for decreased 1 24 costs and increased availability of Iowa agricultural 1 25 commodities and food processed from Iowa agricultural 1 26 commodities as a result of the imposition of such a 1 27 purchasing requirement. 1 28 The department shall report to the general assembly 1 29 by January 1, 2001, on the results of the study and 1 30 the findings and recommendations of the department." 1 31 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35 FALLON of Polk 1 36 HF 2360.201 78 1 37 nh/gg
Text: H08224 Text: H08226 Text: H08200 - H08299 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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