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      Amend CSHJR 4 by adding a SECTION to read as follows, and
renumbering existing SECTIONS appropriately:
      SECTION ____.  Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 31a to read as follows:
      Sec. 31a.  (a)  The legislature by general law may create a
Texas Grace Commission to study state agencies, institutions, and
programs in the executive department of state government and
recommend that certain of those agencies, institution, or programs
be abolished or reduced to a specified size or otherwise modified
to make them more cost-effective.
      (b)  Notwithstanding Section 1, 11, and 31 of this article,
the legislature must accept or reject, but may not amend, each
substantive recommendation presented to the legislature by the
commission.
      (c)  This section is repealed on September 1, 1999.