HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

AMENDMENT TO:			S.B. No. 572, S.D. 2, H.D. 2
OFFERED BY:
DATE:

 

 

 

            SECTION 1.  Senate Bill No. 572, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, is amended by amending Section 1, page 1, line 4 through page 2, line 3 to read as follows:

 

     "§150A-     Biosecurity emergency.  (a)  The department, with the approval of the governor, may declare a biosecurity emergency if:

     (1)  There has been in the State an outbreak or occurrence of a pest or prohibited or restricted organism that has the potential to cause significant economic or environmental loss if the pest or organism becomes established in the State based on scientific evidence or peer-reviewed research;

     (2)  There is established in one area of the State a pest or prohibited or restricted organism that has the potential to cause significant economic or environmental loss if the pest or organism becomes established in another area of the State based on scientific evidence or peer-reviewed research; or

     (3)  A pest or prohibited or restricted organism is, or threatens to be, beyond the State's ability to control based on scientific evidence or peer-reviewed research."

 

            SECTION 2.  Senate Bill No. 572, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, is amended by amending Section 1, page 3, line 9 through line 12 to read as follows:

 

    "(2)  A requisition shall terminate automatically twenty calendar days after the governor has acted to requisition or take control of any goods, real property, or watercraft required for the purposes of this section."

 

            SECTION 3.  Senate Bill No. 572, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, is amended by amending Section 1, page 3, line 13 through line 19 to read as follows:

 

     "(e)  If the governor requisitions and takes control of any property or the temporary use thereof, the owner, or other person entitled thereto, shall be paid a sum, determined by the governor to be fair and just compensation for the property or use, immediately after the property has been requisitioned and taken, or in installments if the property is taken for temporary use."

 

 

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