86                          JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS                 [Aug. 20

Amendment No. 8—

Immediately after the word "LOAN." in line 6 on page 2 of the first
reader insert:

"(D) THE LOAN HAS NOT BEEN MADE PRIOR TO THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, AND NO WRITTEN COM-
MITMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE LENDER PRIOR TO
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT AGREEING TO MAKE
THE LOAN AT A RATE OF 8% OR LESS. A WRITTEN COMMIT-
MENT, WRITTEN OFFER TO LOAN, OR ANY OTHER WRITTEN
STATEMENT BY A LENDER WHICH CAN BE REASONABLY
CONSTRUED AS AN OFFER TO MAKE A LOAN AT ANY SPECI-
FIED OR UNSPECIFIED INTEREST RATE IS DEEMED TO BE
A COMMITMENT TO MAKE THE LOAN AT 8%, OR LESS, IF
SPECIFIED; PROVIDED THAT THE WRITTEN COMMITMENT
OR WRITTEN OFFER IS ISSUED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS ACT."

Amendment No. 9-—

In line 7 of Section 2 on page 2 of the first reader after "2." insert
the following:

"AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT IF ANY PROVI-
SION OF THIS ACT OR THE APPLICATION THEREOF TO ANY
PERSON OR CIRCUMSTANCE IS HELD INVALID FOR ANY
REASON, THE INVALIDITY SHALL NOT AFFECT THE OTHER
PROVISIONS OR ANY OTHER APPLICATION OF THIS ACT
WHICH CAN BE GIVEN EFFECT WITHOUT THE INVALID PRO-
VISIONS OR APPLICATION, AND TO THIS END ALL THE PRO-
VISIONS OF THIS ACT ARE DECLARED TO BE SEVERABLE.
SECTION 3."

Which amendments were read only.

House Bill No. 21—

Delegate Helms, duly seconded, moved to make bill and amendments
Special Order for Wednesday, August 22, 1973.

Motion carried by roll call.

Affirmative

Delegates—

Mitchell, Athey, Sachs, Thomason, Burkhead, Fallon, Helms, Hagner, Rymer,
Alperstein, Needle, Rynd, Hopkins, Stroble, Linton, Jones, Schirano, Einschutz, Heffner,
Rush, D'Anna, Dize, Merryweather, King, Lombardi, Knoll, Hickman, C. M., Hick-
man, R. O., Delphey, Hutton, Cox, Livezey, Hargreaves, Bonvegna, Dabrowski, Dypski,
Silk, Walters, Antonelli, Douglass, J. W., Raymond, Curran, O'Brien, Robey, Boswell,
Brailey, Conaway, Dixon, Douglass, C. A., Lee, Randolph, Dean, Howell, Resnick,
Webster, Avara, Baumann, Rutkowski, Weisengoff, Wyatt, Grumbacher, Hoffman,
Wagaman, Glaser, Allen, W. M.. McInerney, Ruben, Beck, Matthews, Laws, Bolden.

Total—71
Negative

Delegates—

Briscoe, McKay, Allen, A. T., Compton, Nimmerrichter, Arata, Dantoni, Price,
Boozer, Hutchinson, Peters, Arnick, Minnick, Mackie, Dorman, Menes, Ross, Foley, Hull,
Pesci, Miller, Rummage, Virts, Greer, Brown, Heintz, McCarty, Harrison, Abramson,
Cardin, Murphy, Doolan, Levitan, Maddox, Robertson, Shore, Becker, Bell, Docter, Koss,
Maurer, Zander, Owens, Wiser, Reed, Sloan, Williams, Burgess, Nichols.        Total—49