Amend the bill in section 2 in §1055 by striking out all of subsection 1 (page 1, lines 19 to 38 and page 2, lines 1 to 5 in L.D.) and inserting the following:

Amend the bill in section 2 in §1055 in subsection 2 in the first line (page 2, line 6 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: " agreement" the following: ' entered into after October 1, 2009'

Amend the bill by striking out all of section 3 (page 2, lines 15 to 40 and page 3, lines 1 to 16 in L.D.) and inserting the following:

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This amendment is a minority report of the committee. It removes the language that requires a manufacturer of genetically engineered plants to have a court order before enter property owned by a farmer under a technology use agreement to acquire samples of crops that are the subject of that agreement. It removes the requirement that a manufacturer pay costs incurred by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources while investigating an alleged violation of a technology use agreement and clarifies that the provisions regarding actions alleging a violation of a technology use agreement apply only to technology use agreements entered into after October 1, 2009. It removes provisions pertaining to liability from cross contamination. The amendment also directs the Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources to provisionally adopt major substantive rules requiring a person planning to grow a genetically engineered crop to select fields and cultivate the crop in a manner that maintains the integrity of all crops and minimizes potential conflicts between farmers and submit the rules to the Executive Director of the Legislative Council by no later than December 15, 2009 for review in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.