Amend HB 1387 in SECTION 4 of the bill, amended Section 5,
Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, by striking proposed
Subsections (c) and (d) (page 4, line 16, through page 5, line 14,
engrossed version) and substituting the following:
      (c)  To be eligible to take office as a member of the
authority, a person appointed to the authority must complete at
least one course of a training program that complies with
Subsection (d).
      (d)  The training program required by Subsection (c) must
provide information to the person regarding:
            (1)  the enabling legislation that created the
authority and its policymaking body to which the member is
appointed to serve;
            (2)  the programs operated by the authority;
            (3)  the role and functions of the authority:
            (4)  the rules of the authority and the department;
            (5)  the current budget for the authority;
            (6)  the results of the most recent formal audit of the
authority;
            (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-interest laws
and other laws relating to public officials; and
            (9)  any applicable ethics policies adopted by the
department or the Texas Ethics Commission.
      (e)  A person appointed to the authority is entitled to
reimbursement for travel expenses incurred in attending the
training program required by Subsection (c) as provided by the
General Appropriations Act and as if the person were a member of
the authority.