Amend CSHB 46 (senate committee report) in SECTION 6 of the bill, by striking added Section 487.104(e), Health and Safety Code (page 2, lines 52-55), and substituting the following:
(e)  The department shall issue initial licenses to dispensing organizations under this section:
(1)  based on a competitive evaluation of applicant qualifications relative to other applicants; and
(2)  giving preference to a dispensing organization:
(A)  that has or plans to have the organization's principal place of business in this state; or
(B)  each owner of which is a resident of this state.