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for which application for protection have been filed, or commercial acts performed, 

 on or after the effective date of the act should be found legally dependent upon 

 varieties from which they have been essentially derived. 



Section 1 3 should be deleted because it is our position that the Amendments 

 contained in S. 1 406 should become effective on the date that the legislation is passed 

 rather than 1 80 days after the date of enactment. 



Should the committee have any questions of ASGROW, we welcome the 

 opportunity to answer. 



Respectfully, 



ASGROW SEED COMPANY 



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By ^.c.i> 



Steven M. Hawkins 



Director of Agronomic Market and 



Product Planning 

 Asgrow Seed Company 

 Kalamazoo, MI 49001 

 Telephone No. (616) 384-2352 



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