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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Public School Bus Fleet’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following:
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Sec. 1.  20-A MRSA §5401, sub-§15-A  is enacted to read:
 
15-A.  Reduce emissions of public school bus fleet.    The commissioner in approving school bus purchases, contracts and leases under subsection 15 shall to the extent practicable grant such approvals in a manner designed to meet a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions of the public school bus fleet by 75% by 2040. The department shall adopt rules to implement this subsection. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the minority report, strikes and replaces the bill, removes the emergency preamble and emergency clause and changes the title. The amendment directs the Commissioner of Education, in approving school bus purchases, contracts and leases, to the extent practicable to grant such approvals in a manner designed to meet a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions of the public school bus fleet by 75% by 2040.
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