Amend HB 1453 as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 8, after "GENERAL" add "(a)"
(2) On page 1, line 11, after "authorization" delete the
period and add ", except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of
this section."
(3) On page 1, between lines 11 and 12, insert the
following:
"(b) Upon notification by the commission authorizing the
filing of a legal action under this chapter, the attorney general
shall within 10 days review the commission's request and shall
determine whether the commission's reasonable cause findings are
well grounded in fact and warranted by law. If the attorney
general determines the commission's reasonable cause findings are
well grounded in fact and warranted by law, the attorney general
shall file suit as provided in subsection (a) of this section."
"(c) In the event the attorney general determines that the
commission's reasonable cause findings are not well grounded in
fact or not warranted by law, the attorney general shall so inform
the executive director of the attorney general's reasons in writing
within 10 days of receiving the commission's notification
authorizing the filing of a legal action. In such cases, if the
commission, by a majority vote of the members of the commission
voting at a regularly scheduled meeting, votes to proceed with the
legal action, the attorney general shall either file suit within 30
days of the commission's meeting prescribed by this subsection, or
shall, within 10 days of the commission's meeting, authorize the
commission to retain outside legal counsel. If the attorney
general declines to file the legal action on behalf of the
commission, the commission is authorized to file the legal action
through outside legal counsel within 30 days of the commission
meeting at which the commission voted to proceed with the legal
action. To the extent permitted under Section 551.071, Government
Code, during the meeting at which the commission takes a vote under
this subsection, the commission may discuss the proposal in closed
session before the vote."