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.