On page 3, after line 21 of the House Commerce Committee engrossed bill, insert:
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Section 8. That chapter
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be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an agency that is required to issue a decision in a
contested case proceeding in one year or less may increase its statutory deadline for issuing the
agency decision by sixty days if the agency seeks to enter into a professional services contract
covered by this Act.".