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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, Directing the Executive Director of the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices To Review the Law Governing Push Polling’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Executive director of the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to review the laws governing push polling. Resolved: That the executive director of the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices shall by February 1, 2012 submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs regarding the laws governing push polling, including any advances in the commissioner's ability to enforce the provisions of the laws governing push polling. The report must consider changes proposed through legislation submitted in the 124th and 125th Legislatures to amend what constitutes push polling and consider whether those proposed changes would strengthen the intent and efficacy of the push polling laws. The report may include suggested legislation. The Joint Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs is authorized to submit a bill based on the recommendations of the report to the Second Regular Session of the 125th Legislature.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve directing the executive director of the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to review the laws governing push polling and submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs.