Amend Senate File 2172 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, line 10, after <b.> by inserting <(1)>
   2.  Page 1, by striking line 12 and inserting <five hundred or more animal units.>
   3.  Page 1, line 13, by striking <unit> and inserting: 
   <(2)  In calculating the animal unit
>
   4.  Page 1, lines 13 and 14, by striking <this paragraph> and inserting <subparagraph (1)>
   5.  Page 1, line 16, by striking <(1)> and inserting <(a)>
   6.  Page 1, line 18, by striking <(2)> and inserting <(b)>
   7.  Page 1, after line 19 by inserting: 
   <(3)  The method of calculating animal units under subparagraph (2) shall only be used for purposes of determining whether a confinement feeding operation is a qualified confinement feeding operation subject to section 459.206.>

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JOHN P. KIBBIE