Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:

Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 2 and 3 and inserting the following:

summary

This committee amendment is the majority report and strikes everything in the bill except the provisions requiring the manufacturer of genetically engineered plants, plant parts or seeds to provide written instructions to a grower that includes the identity, relevant traits or characteristics of the genetically engineered plant and requirements for its safe handling, storage, transport and use. This amendment also directs the Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources to provisionally adopt major substantive rules requiring a person planning to grow a genetically engineered crop to select fields and cultivate the crop in a manner that maintains the integrity of all crops and minimizes potential conflicts between farmers and submit the rules to the Executive Director of the Legislative Council by no later than December 15, 2009 for review in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.