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Creates a legislative task force on school siting and provides for the task force's membership, chair selection, staff support, reimbursement of member travel expenses, and payment of task force expenses. Requires the task force to meet three times to review the issue of siting schools outside of urban growth areas, and to provide a summary of the task force's discussions and any recommendations to the appropriate committees of the Legislature by December 1, 2015. The substitute bill strikes all provisions of the underlying bill, and instead creates a legislative task force on school siting. The substitute bill makes provision for task force membership selection or appointment, selection of a chair, support staff, reimbursement of member travel expenses, payment of task force expenses, and meeting and reporting requirements.