Amend HB 2528 as follows: (1) On page 1, strike lines 8-11 and substitute: (a) All governmental acts and proceedings of South Texas Community College not excepted from the application of this section by another provision of this section that were taken before March 1, 1997, are validated as of the dates on which they occurred. (b) This section does not validate any governmental act or proceeding that, under the statutes of this state in effect at the time the act or proceeding occurred, constituted an offense punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony. (2) On page 1, line 12, strike "(b)" and substitute "(c)". (3) On page 1, line 19, strike "(c)" and substitute "(d)". (4) On page 2, line 3, strike "(d)" and substitute "(e)".