Amend HB 1028 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
      SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Local Government Code,
is amended by adding Sections 43.0201 and 43.0202 to read as
follows:
      SECTION ____.  Subchapter D, Chapter 43, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 43.0752
      Sec. 43.0752.  STUDY COMMISSION.  (a)  The Study Commission
on strategic partnership agreements is composed of twelve members
appointed as follows:
            (1)  three members of the senate appointed by the
lieutenant governor;
            (2)  three members of the house of representatives
appointed by the speaker of the house;
            (3)  three members appointed by the governor
representing municipalities; and
            (4)  three members appointed by the governor
representing municipal utility districts, the unincorporated areas
of a county, or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a
municipality.
      (b)  Each member of the commission serves at the will of the
person who appointed the member.
      (c)  The commission shall elect a presiding officer and
assistant presiding officer from its members.
      (d)  A member of the commission is not entitled to receive
compensation for service on the commission.
      (e)  The commission may accept gifts and grants from any
source to be used to carry out a function of the commission.
      (f)  The commission shall study issues that the commission
determines have importance to the implementation of strategic
partnership agreements, including the use of the agreements,
consideration of the expansion or restriction of the applicability
of the agreements, and alternatives to strategic partnership
agreements.  The commission may:
            (1)  appoint an advisory committee to assist the
commission in studying a specific issue; and
            (2)  draft proposed legislation to modify existing
statutes.
      (g)  Not later than December 1, 1998, the commission shall
issue a report summarizing:
            (1)  any hearings conducted by the commission;
            (2)  any studies conducted by the commission;
            (3)  any legislation proposed by the commission; and
            (4)  any other findings and recommendations of the
commission.
      (h)  The commission shall promptly deliver copies of the
report to the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house.
      (i)  The commission shall adopt rules to administer this
section.
      (j)  The commission is abolished, and this section expires
June 1, 1999.