Amend SB 365 in Section 2 of the bill by striking the
proposed Subsections (f) and (g) (House Committee Report, page 3,
lines 8 through 25 and page 4, lines 1 through 9) and substituting:
      (f)  To be eligible to take office or serve as a voting or
nonvoting member of the board a person appointed to or scheduled to
serve as an ex officio member of the board must complete at least
one course of a training program that complies with this section. A
voting or nonvoting board member must complete a training program
that complies with subsection (g) not later than the 180th day
after the date on which the person takes office or begins serving
as a member of the board.
      (g)  The training program must provide information to the
person regarding:
            (1)  the enabling legislation that created the
department and its policymaking body to which the person is
appointed to serve;
            (2)  the programs operated by the department;
            (3)  the role and functions of the department;
            (4)  the rules of the department with an emphasis on
the rules that relate to disciplinary and investigatory authority;
            (5)  the current budget for the department;
            (6)  the results of the most recent formal audit of the
department;
            (7)  the requirements of the:
                  (A)  open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government
Code;
                  (B)  open records law, Chapter 552, Government
Code; and
                  (C)  administrative procedure law, Chapter 2001,
Government Code;
            (8)  the requirements of the conflict of interests laws
and other laws relating to public officials; and
            (9)  any applicable ethics policies adopted by the
commission or the Texas Ethics Commission.
      (h)  A person appointed to the board is entitled to
reimbursement for travel expenses incurred in attending the
training program, as provided by the General Appropriations Act and
as if the person were a member of the board.