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."