Amend CSSB 1814 as follows:
      (1)  Strike SECTION 1.12 of the bill and substitute the
following:
      SECTION 1.12.  Subchapter D, Chapter 74, Agriculture Code, is
amended by adding Section 74.1101 to read as follows:
      Sec. 74.1101.  LIABILITY OF APPLICATORS.  (a) In this
section, "applicator" means an individual or other person that is
not a member, director, officer, or employee of the foundation and
that contracts with the foundation to apply pesticides or other
chemicals using aircraft or other equipment to further or support
the eradication or diapause efforts undertaken under this
subchapter.
      (b)  An applicator is not jointly and severally liable for
any act or omission of the foundation under this subchapter
provided that the foundation maintains the liability coverage
required under Subsection (c).
      (c)  The foundation shall have liability coverage in effect
for any eradication or diapause efforts for which it uses
applicators. The coverage shall apply to acts and omissions of the
foundation and volunteers and be in the amount of at least $500,000
for each single occurrence of death, bodily injury, or property
damage.
      (d)  This section expires September 1, 1999.
      (2)  Add the following section, appropriately numbered, and
renumber existing sections appropriately:
      SECTION ____.  Section 74.110, Agriculture Code, is reenacted
to read as follows:
      Sec. 74.110.  LIABILITY OF FOUNDATION MEMBERS, OFFICERS, AND
EMPLOYEES.  (a)  Except for instances of gross negligence,
individual criminal actions, or acts of dishonesty, the foundation,
the foundation's members, directors, officers, and employees are
not individually liable to a cotton grower or other person for:
            (1)  errors in judgment;
            (2)  mistakes; or
            (3)  other acts or omissions.
      (b)  A foundation member, officer, or employee is not
individually liable for an act or omission of another foundation
member, officer, or employee.