Amend CSHB 46 (senate committee report) in SECTION 6 of the bill, by striking added Section 487.104(e), Health and Safety Code (page 2, lines 52-55), and substituting the following:

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(e) The department shall issue initial licenses to dispensing organizations under this section:

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(1) based on a competitive evaluation of applicant qualifications relative to other applicants; and

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(2) giving preference to a dispensing organization:

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(A) that has or plans to have the organization\'s principal place of business in this state; or

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(B) each owner of which is a resident of this state.

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