Amend HB 3009 as follows:
      (1)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, at the end of amended Section
2256.003, Government Code (committee printing, page 1, between
lines 60 and 61), insert the following:
      (c)  This chapter does not prohibit an investing entity or
investment officer from using the entity's employees or the
services of a contractor of the entity to aid the investment
officer in the execution of the officer's duties under this
chapter.
      (2)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, amended Section 2256.005(f),
Government Code (committee printing, page 2, lines 25-26), strike
"or contract with an investment management firm under Section
2256.003(b)".
      (3)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, amended Section 2256.005(f),
Government Code (committee printing, page 2, lines 32-33 and 38),
strike "fiduciary <person>" and substitute "person".
      (4)  In SECTION 6 of the bill, amended Section
2256.008(a)(1), Government Code (committee printing, page 3, lines
38-39), strike "under a curriculum approved by the state auditor"
and substitute  "from an independent source approved by the
governing body of the local government or a designated investment
committee advising the investment officer as provided for in the
investment policy of the local government".
      (5)  In SECTION 6 of the bill, amended Section
2256.008(a)(2), Government Code (committee printing, page 3, lines
46-48), strike "under a curriculum approved by the state auditor
and <from an independent source>" and substitute "from an
independent source".
      (6)  In SECTION 6 of the bill, at the end of amended Section
2256.008(b), Government Code (committee printing, page 3, line 59),
insert the following:
The treasurer or chief financial officer of an investing entity
created under authority of Section 52(b), Article III, or Section
59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and that has fewer than five
full-time employees is not required to attend training required by
this section unless the person is also the investment officer of
the entity.
      (7)  In SECTION 6 of the bill, at the end of amended Section
2256.008, Government Code (committee printing, page 3, between
lines 63 and 64), insert the following:
      (d)  Not later than December 31 each year, each individual,
association, business, organization, governmental entity, or other
person that provides training under this section shall report to
the comptroller a list of the governmental entities for which the
person provided required training under this section during that
calendar year.  An individual's reporting requirements under this
subsection are satisfied by a report of the individual's employer
or the sponsoring or organizing entity of a training program or
seminar.