Amend HB 1254 as follows: Strike Subsection (1) of SECTION 2 of the bill (page 1, lines 12-13) and substitute the following; (1) all acts and governmental proceedings of a district not excepted in this Article taken before March 1, 1997, are validated as of the dates on which they occurred. On page 2, line 4, insert the following after the period: "This Act does not validate any governmental acts of proceedings which, under the statutes of this state at the time the actions or proceedings which, under the statutes of this state at the time the actions or proceedings occurred, were a misdemeanor or a felony."