1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2198 as follows:
1.2Page 6, delete section 5 and insert:

1.3    "Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 181.723, subdivision 8a, is amended to read:
1.4    Subd. 8a. Enforcement; remedies; and penalties. (a) Notwithstanding the
1.5maximum penalty amount in section 326B.082, subdivisions 7 and 12, the maximum
1.6penalty for failure to register is $2,000, but the commissioner shall forgive the penalty if
1.7the person registers within 30 days of the date of the penalty order.
1.8(b) The penalty for contracting with or paying an unregistered person to perform
1.9construction services in violation of subdivision 7a, paragraph (b), clause (2), shall be as
1.10provided in section 326B.082, subdivisions 7 and 12, but the commissioner shall forgive
1.11the penalty for the first violation."
1.12Page 6, line 31, delete the first ", subd. 1"
1.13Page 7, after line 6, insert:

1.14    "Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
1.15Sections 1 to 7 are effective the day following final enactment."
1.16Correct the title numbers accordingly