Floor Packet Page No. 3 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 (c) This section is repealed on September 1, 1999.