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DELEGATE SCANLAN: Actually, that question

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was precisely put to the committee by Delegate Burdette

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in his appearance yesterday, and the unanimous feeling

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and interpretation of the committee was the phrase that

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appears on the top of Page 4, "Itemize cumulative

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statement" would mean if there was nothing to add it wasn't

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covered, but maybe some clarification of language might

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be justified there.

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Bard.

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DELEGATE BARD: Mr. President, when would this

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go into effect? There are the matter of forms and

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other matters which I would think would keep it from

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going into effect immediately. Is there anything within

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this resolution itself that indicates the effective

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date?

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DELEGATE SCANLAN: No. I would assume that

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once it was adopted by the Convention, it would be

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in effect, and we do have, of course, an administrative

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lag to prepare the forms but that shouldn't be hard --

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over the weekend if it is adopted today or in a few

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days, but I believe the committee intended it to be