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2-28 House Committee amended to appropriations-1 Page 11 of 19 Madame Chair: Is there a second. Male #5: Okay, we've got a motion and a second. This is an amendment to amendment L012, and Representative McFadyen, maybe if you could read it again for those of us who write slow, after the period. Rep. McFadyell: Madame Chair would it be appropriate to ask Mr. Morris to read the amendment as he's helped me immensely. Madame Chair: Write it down. Rep. Morris: legal services, on L12, Line 12, at the very end of that line there is a period. Right before the period we would add the following words: and, after the period add "No more than three of the Governor's appointees shall be affiliated with the same political party.". Madame Chair: Thank you. Representative Penry Rep. PelllY Thank you Madame Chair. During the earlier conversations there was some back and forth about whether it made sense to interject politics. I think generally Representative Harvey is right that these discussions tends to be more regional than partisan. But I think that the key to making this work is for people on both sides of the political divide and both sides of the continental divide to feel like they have fair and balanced representation as part of this process, and for that reason I support it. I think it's just one more safeguard and one more thing to check off of the list to make sure, to ensure that this process is tmly equitable, again regionally and from a partisan perspective. So, I urge an Aye vote. Madame Chair: FUliher discussion regarding the amendment to amendment LO 12. Representative Rhodes, I think. Representative Hoppy. Rep. Hoppy: Thank you Madame Chair, and I appreciate the sponsor changing her original discussion to limiting this to the Governor's appointees, I think that is appropriate. That's pretty commonplace with the Governor's appointees, so I don't have a problem with this amendment. Madame Chair: Any other comments? Okay, the question before us, is the amendment to the amendment. Is there any objection, any objection to the amendment to the amendment? Being none - oh, okay. Being none, the amendment to LO 12 is adopted. Let me just make sure we're - www.escriptionist.com Page 11 of 19