Amend House File 525 as follows:
   1.  Page 2, line 20, after<subsections> by inserting <2,>
   2.  Page 2, after line 21 by inserting: 
   <2.  Each party shall serve its final offer on each of the impasse items upon the other party within four days of the board’s receipt of the request for arbitration. The parties may continue to negotiate all offers until an agreement is reached or an award is rendered by the arbitrator. The full costs of arbitration under this section shall be shared equally by the parties to the dispute, except that if the arbitrator determines that one or more of the offers submitted by only one party are unreasonable, the arbitrator shall, in any final decision, assess the full costs of the arbitration proceeding against that party.>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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WOLFE of Clinton