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The Committee on Higher Education (Bennett) recommended the

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following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment

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     Delete lines 156-166

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and insert:

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     (v) Any development within a county having a population

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greater than 1.25 million which is proposed for at least two

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uses, one of which is for use as an office or laboratory

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appropriate for the research and development of medical

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technology, biotechnology, or life science applications, is

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exempt from this section if:

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1. The land is located in a designated urban infill area or

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within 5 miles of a state-supported biotechnical research

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facility or if a local government having jurisdiction recognizes,

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by resolution, that the land is located in a compact, high-

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intensity, and high-density multiuse area that is appropriate for

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intensive growth;

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