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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The following information is being sent at
the request of Tom Poole in support of your efforts to contact the legislative
members of the sub-committee that will address HB 2765. The author of the
bill is Curt Roggow and proposes an increase for bidding of public construction
projects from $25,000 to $40,000. (The $40,000 amount reflects comprise language
from the $50,000 originally proposed.) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It is important that the members of the
committee are contacted prior to Tuesday, February 14<sup>th</sup>. An
exact meeting time and location will be announced by Monday afternoon. It
was also suggested for you to contact counterparts in other State Agencies that
do public construction projects and encourage them to also contact these
members to express their support. By clicking on the links below, you
will be directed to each member’s contact information.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>_______________________________________________________________________________________________________</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Greg Sawyer</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Associate Vice Chancellor for Budget and Finance</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
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