Amend HB 2071 by striking SECTION 2 of the bill and substituting the following: SECTION 2. Section 86.0021, Local Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a person first elected or appointed to the office of constable on or after January 1, 1998. A person elected or appointed to the office of constable before January 1, 1998, is covered, for the remainder of the term the person serves as constable or for any subsequent term the person serves as constable, by the law relating to qualifications in effect when the person was first appointed or elected, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.