1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 252 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 260.771, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.4    Subd. 3. Transfer of proceedings. (a) In a proceeding for (1) the termination of
1.5parental rights or, (2) the involuntary foster care placement of an Indian child not within
1.6the jurisdiction of subdivision 1, the court, in the absence of good cause to the contrary,
1.7shall transfer the proceeding to the jurisdiction of the tribe absent objection by either
1.8parent, upon the petition of either parent or the Indian custodian or the Indian child's tribe.
1.9The transfer shall be subject to declination by the tribal court of such tribe.
1.10(b) In a proceeding for the preadoptive or adoptive placement of an Indian child
1.11not within the jurisdiction of subdivision 1, the court, in the absence of good cause to
1.12the contrary, shall transfer the proceeding to the jurisdiction of the tribe. The transfer
1.13shall be subject to declination by the tribal court of such tribe. For the purposes of this
1.14subdivision, "preadoptive placement" and "adoptive placement" have the meaning given
1.15in section 260.755, subdivision 3."