Amend HB 1386 in SECTION 7 of the bill as follows:
      (1)  In the introductory language to the section, strike
"Subsection (i)" (committee printing page 5, line 5) and substitute
"Subsections (i), (j), and (k)".
      (2)  In Article 42.18, Code of Criminal Procedure, strike
proposed Subsections (h) and (i) (committee printing, page 5, line
19 through page 5, line 49) and substitute the following:
      (h)  The policy board shall develop for board <its> members a
comprehensive training and education program on the Texas criminal
justice system, with special emphasis on the parole process.  A new
member may not participate in a vote of the board or a panel until
the member completes the program.
      (i)  To be eligible to take office as a member of the board
or the policy board, a person appointed to the board or policy
board must complete at least one course of a training program that
complies with this section.
      (j)  A training program must provide information to the
person regarding:
            (1)  the enabling legislation that created the board
and the policy board;
            (2)  the programs operated by the board;
            (3)  the role and functions of the board;
            (4)  the rules of the board;
            (5)  the current budget for the board;
            (6)  the results of the most recent formal audit of the
board;
            (7)  the requirements of the:
                  (A)  open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government
Code;
                  (B)  open records law, Chapter 552, Government
Code; and
                  (C)  administrative procedure law, Chapter 2001,
Government Code;
            (8)  the requirements of the conflict of interests laws
and other laws relating to public officials; and
            (9)  any applicable ethics policies adopted by the
policy board or the Texas Ethics Commission.
      (k)  A person appointed to the board or policy board is
entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses incurred in attending
the training program, as provided by the General Appropriations Act
and as if the person were a member of the board or policy board.