Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 to CSSB 1814 as follows: (1) In SECTION 1.01 of the proposed amendment, amend section 74.101(3), Subchapter D, Chapter 74, Agricultural Code to read as follows: (3) there is a need for a quasi-governmental entity acting under the supervision and control of the commissioner whose members are actual cotton growers who would be represented on the board of the entity by directors elected by them to act as the agent of the department to manage eradication and suppression programs and to furnish expertise in the field of insect control and eradication, because such an entity would enhance the interest and participation of cotton growers in the program; and (2) In SECTION 1.23 of the proposed amendment, amend Section 74.129, Subchapter D, Chapter 74, Agriculture Code to read as follows: Sec. 74.129 EXEMPTION FROM LAWSUITS, LIABILITY, TAXATION AND LEGAL PROCESS. The Legislature recognizes that the foundation, acting under the supervision and control of the commissioner, is carrying out an important governmental function and that therefore the foundation, as a quasi-governmental entity, must be immune from lawsuits and liability except to the extent provided in the Texas Tort Claims Act and as set forth below. Therefore, no claims may be brought or continued against the foundation except: (1) as allowed by the Texas Tort Claims Act; and (2) those claims pending against the foundation as of April 30, 1997, plus attorneys' fees and costs of court. With the exception of finally adjudicated claims arising from the Texas Tort Claims Act and claims for assessments, attorneys' fees and costs of court, paid by named plaintiffs in lawsuits pending on or before April 30, 1997, all payments, contributions, funds and assessments received or held by the foundation under this subchapter are exempt from garnishment, attachment, execution, or other seizure, state and local taxation, levies, sales, and any other process and are unassignable. Nothing herein shall affect or impair any existing or future indebtedness or any existing or future security interest created under a note, security agreement, assignment, or other loan agreement between the foundation and a lender or any judgment, to the extent such judgment allows recovery against the Foundation pursuant to a note, security agreement, loan agreement, or other document. (3) Amend SECTION 1.25(a) to read as follows: SECTION 1.25(a) To the extent assessments have not been previously validated, ratified, and confirmed, assessments approved on February 28, 1994, for the Southern Rolling Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zones, on December 1, 1994 and August 2, 1996, for the Central Rolling Plains Boll Weevil Eradication Zone, and on February 16, 1995, for the South Texas/Winter Garden Boll Weevil Eradication Zone, and all agreements and obligations of the foundation related to these statutory zones made or approved before the effective date of this Act are validated, ratified, and confirmed, and shall continue under this subsection. In any eradication zone existing prior to the effective date of the act, other than zones named in this subsection, assessments are validated, ratified, and confirmed only as to amounts actually collected by the Foundation prior to the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this subsection, any assessments in any such pre-existing zone which have been: 1) deposited in the registry of a court of this state on or before April 30, 1997, or 2) paid by named plaintiffs in a pleading filed on or before April 30, 1997, in lawsuits against the foundation, are not assessments actually collected by the Foundation.