Amend CSHB 547 by striking existing SECTION 5 (page 4, line 24 through page 5, line 2) and substituting a new SECTION 5 to read as follows: SECTION 5. (a) This Act may not be implemented until the later of the following dates: (1) the date on which the attorney general or other attorney representing the interests of the state in the matter of Ruiz v. Collins certifies to the governor that no federal court retains jurisdiction to enforce the final judgment entered in that case on December 11, 1992; or (2) September 1, 1999, but only if an Act of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, does not repeal this Act. (b) The chairman and vice chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the chairmen of the House Criminal Jurisprudence, Corrections, and Appropriations committees, after jointly reviewing the capacity of the facilities of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the sentencing patterns relating to offenses described by Section 3g(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, shall report to the 76th Legislature not later than December 1, 1998 on the effect of those factors on the law as amended by this Act.