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Amend the order by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Joint Study Order Establishing the Commission To Study the State Board of Corrections and the Unified County Corrections System’
Amend the order in the first paragraph in the first and 2nd lines by striking out the following: "Blue Ribbon"
Amend the order in subsection 1 in paragraph D in the last line by striking out the following: "and"
Amend the order in subsection 1 by inserting after paragraph D the following:
 
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E. Two members of the Legislature who serve on the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs, appointed in accordance with this paragraph, one of whom is a member of the political party having the largest number of seats in the Legislature, and the other of whom is a member of the political party having the 2nd largest number of seats in the Legislature:
(1) One Senator, appointed by the President of the Senate; and
(2) One member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; and
’
Amend the order in subsection 1 by relettering the paragraphs to read consecutively.
Amend the order by inserting after section 5 the following:
‘6. Meetings. The commission is authorized to meet up to 6 times.’
Amend the order by renumbering any nonconsecutive section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment changes the name of the entity performing the study, changes the composition of the entity to include 2 legislative members and specifies that the commission is authorized to meet up to 6 times.