Amend CSHB 820 as follows:
      (1)  On page 3, line 22, strike "name of the state" and
substitute "name of the person and of the state".
      (2)  Strike page 4, line 25, through page 5, line 4, and
substitute the following:
      Sec. 36.104.  CONTINUATION OR DISMISSAL OF ACTION BASED ON
STATE DECISION.  (a)  Not later than the last day of the period
prescribed by Section 36.102(b), as extended as provided by Section
36.102(d), if applicable, the state shall:
            (1)  proceed with the action; or
            (2)  notify the court that the state declines to take
over the action.
      (b)  If the state declines to take over the action, the court
shall dismiss the action.
      (3)  Strike page 6, line 22, through page 7, line 5.
      (4)  On page 7, line 6, strike "36.109" and substitute
"36.108".
      (5)  On page 7, lines 6-7, strike "Regardless of whether the
state proceeds with the action, on" and substitute "On".
      (6)  On page 7, line 21, strike "36.110" and substitute
"36.109".
      (7)  On page 8, line 13, strike "36.111" and substitute
"36.110".
      (8)  Strike page 9, lines 2-7.
      (9)  On page 9, line 8, strike "(d)" and substitute "(c)".
      (10)  On page 9, line 14, strike "(e)" and substitute "(d)".
      (11)  On page 9, line 16, strike "36.112" and substitute
"36.111".
      (12)  On page 9, lines 16-17, strike "Regardless of whether
the state proceeds with the action, if" and substitute "If".
      (13)  On page 9, line 22, strike "36.111" and substitute
"36.110".
      (14)  On page 10, line 4, strike "36.113" and substitute
"36.112".
      (15)  On page 10, line 4, strike  "OR".
      (16)  Strike page 10, lines 5-12.
      (17)  On page 10, line 13, strike "(b)".
      (18)  On page 10, line 15, strike "36.114" and substitute
"36.113".
      (19)  On page 11, line 3, strike "36.115" and substitute
"36.114".
      (20)  On page 11, line 6, strike "36.116" and substitute
"36.115".
      (21)  On page 11, between lines 21 and 22, insert the
following:
      Sec. 36.116.  SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY NOT WAIVED.  Except as
provided by Section 36.112, this subchapter does not waive
sovereign immunity.
      (22)  Insert the following new section, appropriately
numbered, and renumber the subsequent sections accordingly:
      SECTION ____.  The office of the attorney general shall study
the benefits of using private attorneys to prosecute civil actions
under Chapter 36, Human Resources Code.  The office shall report
the results of the office's study to the legislature not later than
September 1, 1998.