On page 5, line 2, after "program" strike all material through "2023" and insert "that begins no earlier than the January 1st following the submission to the appropriate committees of the legislature of a report that analyzes and determines whether there are more immediate and less costly ways to reduce the equivalent amount of greenhouse gas emissions forecasted to be achieved during the first year of program operations through the expenditure of $25,000,000 of public funds by Washington to purchase certified carbon reduction credits in existing markets. The department must contract for the report required under this subsection with an independent consultant with expertise in the transportation fuels sector. In assessing the costs of greenhouse gas emissions reduction options, the report must consider the expected increases in carbon credit prices and low carbon transportation fuel prices driven by regulatory requirements in other jurisdictions. The department may not implement the program authorized under this chapter if it determines that it would be less costly per ton of greenhouse gas emissions reductions achieved to purchase certified carbon reduction credits than to implement the program"