Amend HB 547 on 3rd reading, in Section 5, as added by the
Place 2nd reading amendment, by striking Subsection (b) and
substituting a new Subsection (b) to read as follows:
      (b)  The chairman and vice chairman of the Senate Criminal
Justice Committee, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee,
the chairmen and vice-chairmen of the House Criminal Jurisprudence,
Corrections, and Appropriations committees, and three members of
the Senate appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, 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 legislature not later than
December 1, 1998, on the effect of those factors on the law as
amended by this Act.