HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1199
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Sobel, Lerner, and Gottlieb offered the
12  following:
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14         Amendment 
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17  after the period, insert:  Nonsectarian and nonproselytizing
18  shall be defined as any invocation or benediction which
19  although it may contain a word used by any recognized religion
20  which connotes or denotes a divine being or master shall not
21  use such term or word in conjunction with the beliefs of a
22  particular religion.  Thus specific references to specific
23  persons or deities may not be used or mentioned nor may any
24  reference be made to previously existing or currently existing
25  earthly religious figures.  Nor may any words or phrases be
26  used, when taken in context, that tend to favor or promote one
27  religion, religious belief or one religious figure over any
28  other.  Further, nonsectarian shall also be defined as gender
29  and race neutral.
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