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Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 2 Evaluate plants; development of list. Resolved: That, in conducting the study under section 1, the Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources shall evaluate plants commonly referred to as "invasive terrestrial plants" for the purpose of determining which, if any, of these plants should be subject to some form of restriction on commercial distribution, sales or trade by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources. In consultation with the stakeholders, the commissioner shall develop a preliminary list of invasive terrestrial plants and a set of preliminary recommendations for preventing the introduction or further distribution of the plants on this list; and be it further’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment clarifies that the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources is being directed to determine if some form of restriction on trade of plants identified as "invasive terrestrial plants" is warranted.
 
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