Amend CSHB 1983 (Senate committee report) as follows:
      (1)  In Section 19 of the bill, at the end of amended
Subsection (b), Section 771.058, Health and Safety Code (page 7,
line 60), insert:
For purposes of this section, an emergency communication district
that, before January 1, 1999, repealed or withdrew the resolution,
ordinance, or order by which the district chose to participate in
the plan has withdrawn from participation in the plan and has the
status, rights, and responsibilities under this chapter of a
nonparticipating emergency communication district.
      (2)  Between Sections 37 and 38 of the bill (page 15, between
lines 21 and 22), insert a new Section 38 to read as follows:
      SECTION 38. As soon as is practicable, the Commission on
State Emergency Communications shall amend the regional plan
applicable to each region in which an emergency communication
district has withdrawn in the manner provided by Section
771.058(b), Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, to
accommodate the district's withdrawal from participation in the
plans.
      (3)  Renumber present Sections 38 and 39 of the bill as
Sections 39 and 40, respectively.