Amend SB 162 as follows:
      (1)  Add a new article to the bill, appropriately numbered,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE ____. COMPOSITION OF THE TEXAS DIABETES COUNCIL
      SECTION __.01.  Section 103.005, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 103.005. TERMS. (a) Council members appointed by the
governor serve for staggered six-year <four-year> terms, with the
terms of four <six citizen> members <and two agency
representatives> expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year <and
the terms of six citizen members and three agency representatives
expiring February 1 of each even-numbered year>.
      (b)  A council member appointed as a representative of an
agency serves at the will of the appointing agency.
      SECTION __.02.  Section 103.008(a), Health and Safety Code,
is amended to read as follows:
      (a)  The office of a member appointed by an agency becomes
vacant when the person terminates employment with the agency or
when the agency elects to replace the person as provided by Section
103.005.
      SECTION __.03.  (a)  The Texas Diabetes Council is abolished
on the effective date of this Act.  As soon as possible after the
effective date of this Act, the governor and each state agency
listed in Section 103.002, as appropriate, shall appoint a new
Texas Diabetes Council to accomplish the membership plan for the
commission established by this Act. This subsection does not
prohibit the governor or a state agency from appointing to the
council a person serving on the council on the effective date of
this Act.
      (b)  In making appointments to the Texas Diabetes Council
under Subsection (a)  of this section, the governor shall appoint
four members for terms expiring February 1, 1999, four members for
terms expiring February 1, 2001, and four members for terms
expiring February 1, 2003.
      (2)  Renumber articles and sections of the bill
appropriately.