Amend CSSB 308 as follows:
      (1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, amended Section 551.001(4)(B),
Government Code, strike "conducted by or for which the governmental
body is responsible," (Committee Printing, page 1, lines 17 and
18).
      (2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, amended Section 551.001(4)(B),
Government Code, insert after "is present," (Committee Printing,
page 1, line 19) "that has been called by that  governmental
body,".
      (3)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the
bill and renumber existing SECTIONS  of the bill appropriately:
      SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 551, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 551.005 to read as follows:
      Sec. 551.005.  RECEIVING INFORMATION IN GATHERING OF LESS
THAN A QUORUM.  This chapter does not prohibit a member or group of
members of a governmental body that schedules fewer than five
regularly held meetings in a calendar year from gathering in
numbers less than a quorum for the purpose of receiving information
from or asking questions of any third person, including an employee
of the governmental body.