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.