Amend SB 495 as follows:
      Strike Section 6 of the bill on page 14, lines 13-25, and
page 15, lines 1-16, and substitute the following:
      SECTION 6.  Section 660.024, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      Sec. 660.024.  ADVANCE APPROVAL FOR CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL
TRAVEL.  (a)  The chief administrator of a state agency must give
advance written approval for any travel <Travel> related to
official state business for which a reimbursement for travel
expenses is claimed or for which an advance for travel expenses to
be incurred is sought <must have the advance written approval of
the governor>.  A copy of the written approval shall be submitted
with the travel voucher to the comptroller in accordance with
Section 660.027.
      (b)  Subsection (a) applies to a travel expense only if it is
incurred while traveling to, in, or from a destination that is not
in <does not apply to travel>:
            (1)  the United States <in this state>; <or>
            (2)  a possession of the United States;
            (3)  <to, in, and from another state,> Mexico;<,> or
            (4)  Canada.
      (c)  The chief administrator of a state agency may designate
an employee of the agency to provide the approval required by this
section.  <The governor may give blanket authority for travel by:>
            <(1)  personnel of the International Trade Development
Division of the Texas Department of Commerce; and>
            <(2)  law enforcement personnel of the Department of
Public Safety.>