Amend CSHB 2542 by adding new Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6, and
renumbering subsequent sections accordingly:
      On page 1, line 18, insert the following and renumber
subsequent sections accordingly:
      Section 3.  Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Parks and Wildlife
Code, is amended by adding Section 11.003 to read as follows:
      Sec. 11.003.  GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS. The state is divided into
nine geographic regions from which the commission members are
appointed, as follows:
            (1)  Region 1:  Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor,
Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay,
Cochran, Collingsworth, Cooke, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf
Smith, Dickens, Donley, Eastland, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Gaines,
Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell,
Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb,
Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Montague, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree,
Oldham, Palo Pinto, Parker, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts,
Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Stephens, Stonewall, Swisher, Taylor,
Terry, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Yoakum, and
Young counties;
            (2)  Region 2:  Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collins, Delta,
Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins,
Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Rains, Red River,
Rockwall, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood counties;
            (3)  Region 3:  Andrews, Brewster, Coke, Coleman,
Concho, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Glasscock,
Howard, Hudspeth, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Loving, Martin,
McCulloch, Menard, Midland, Mitchell, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan,
Reeves, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green,
Upton, Val Verde, Ward, and Winkler counties;
            (4)  Region 4:  Bell, Bosque, Brown, Comanche, Coryell,
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, Johnson,
Lampasas, McLennan, Mills, Navarro, San Saba, Somervell, and
Tarrant counties;
            (5)  Region 5:  Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee,
Freestone, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Leon, Limestone, Madison,
Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine,
San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler, and Walker counties;  
            (6)  Region 6:  Bandera, Blanco, Comal, Edwards, Frio,
Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, Medina,
Real, Uvalde, and Zavala counties;
            (7)  Region 7:  Bastrop, Bexar, Brazos, Burleson,
Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hays,
Karnes, Lee, Milam, Robertson, Travis, Washington, Williamson, and
Wilson counties;
            (8)  Region 8:  Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado,
Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Jackson, Lavaca, Liberty,
Matagorda, Montgomery, Waller, and Wharton counties; and
            (9)  Region 9:  Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Brooks,
Calhoun, Cameron, DeWitt, Dimmit, Duval, Goliad, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg,
Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces,
Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Victoria, Webb, Willacy, and Zapata
counties.
      Section 4.  Section 11.012, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
      (d)  the governor shall appoint one commission member from
each geographic region designated under Section 11.003 of this
code.
      Section 5.  Section 11.0125, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to
read as follows:
      (a)  It is a ground for removal from the commission if a
member:
            (1)  does not have at the time of appointment the
qualifications required by Section 11.0121 of this code for
appointment to the commission;
            (2)  does not maintain during the service on the
commission the qualifications required by Section 11.0121 of this
code for appointment to the commission;
            (3)  violates a prohibition established by Section
11.0122 or 11.0123 of this code;
            (4)  is unable to discharge his duties for a
substantial portion of the term for which he was appointed because
of illness or disability; <or>
            (5)  is absent from more than one-half of the regularly
scheduled commission meetings which the member is eligible to
attend during each calendar year, except when the absence is
excused by majority vote of the commission; or
            (6)  no longer resides in the geographic region from
which the member is appointed.
      (d)  A commission member's failure to reside in the
geographic region from which the member is appointed is not grounds
for removal of the member from the commission if the member no
longer resides in the geographic region because of a change in the
region's boundaries.
      Section 6.  (a)  The governor shall make appointments under
Section 11.012(d), Parks and Wildlife Code, as added by this Act,
as a vacancy occurs or a term expires for positions held by those
commission members serving on the effective date of this Act.
      (b)  Section 11.0125(a)(6), Parks and Wildlife Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to a commission member appointed under
Section 11.012(d), Parks and Wildlife Code, as added by this Act.