House Amendment 1054


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     1  1    Amend House File 642 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 6 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Sec.    .  Section 199.1, subsection 2, Code 2005,
     1  5 is amended to read as follows:
     1  6    2.  "Agricultural seed" means grass, forage,
     1  7 cereal, oil, fiber, and any other kind of crop seed
     1  8 commonly recognized within this state as agricultural
     1  9 seed, lawn seed, vegetable seed, or seed mixtures.
     1 10 Agricultural seed includes genetically engineered
     1 11 agricultural seed.  Agricultural seed may include any
     1 12 additional seed the secretary designates by rules.>
     1 13 #2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 8 the
     1 14 following:
     1 15    <NEW SUBSECTION.  6A.  "Genetically engineered
     1 16 agricultural seed" means agricultural seed that has
     1 17 been modified through the use of recombinant
     1 18 deoxyribonucleic acid technology.  "Genetically
     1 19 engineered agricultural seed" does not include
     1 20 agricultural seed that has been modified by
     1 21 traditional breeding, tissue culture, chemicals,
     1 22 irradiation, or other technique that does not modify
     1 23 the agricultural seed's recombinant deoxyribonucleic
     1 24 acid.>
     1 25 #3.  Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
     1 26 word <by> the following:  <providing for genetically
     1 27 engineered agricultural seed, and>.
     1 28 #4.  By renumbering as necessary.
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