Amend HB 3300 as follows:
      (1)  On page 7, between lines 7 and 8, insert:
      SECTION 3.  Section 335.031(c), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (c)  Directors serve staggered two-year terms.  A director
may be removed by the appointing person <mayor or county judge> at
any time without cause.  Successor directors are appointed in the
same manner as the original appointees.
      SECTION 4.  Section 335.034, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 335.034.  OFFICERS.  Except as provided by Section
335.035, the <The> presiding officer is designated as provided by
the concurrent order.  The board shall designate from the members
of the board a secretary and other officers the board considers
necessary.
      SECTION 5.  Subchapter C, Chapter 335, Local Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 335.035 to read as follows:
      Sec. 335.035.  ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BOARD OF DISTRICT
CREATED IN POPULOUS COUNTY.  (a)  This section applies only to the
board of a district located in a county with a population of 2.4
million or more.
      (b)  The mayor of each municipality and the commissioners
court of each county that create the district shall appoint an
equal number of directors in accordance with the orders creating
the district and Section 335.031.  An appointment of a director by
a mayor must be confirmed by a majority vote of the governing body
of the municipality.
      (c)  The mayors of the municipalities and the commissioners
courts of the counties that create the district shall appoint a
presiding officer by concurrent orders on or before the 30th day
after the date a vacancy occurs in the presiding officer's
position.  The appointment must be confirmed by a majority vote of
the governing body of each municipality.  The presiding officer
serves for a two-year term.
      (d)  If the mayors and the commissioners courts fail to agree
on the appointment of a presiding officer under Subsection (c), the
board shall appoint, from the district's directors, a presiding
officer by a majority vote at the first board meeting that follows
the 30-day period described by Subsection (c).  The confirmation
requirement of Subsection (c) does not apply to an appointment of a
presiding officer under this subsection.
      (e)  A presiding officer appointed under Subsection (d) shall
resign as a director before serving as presiding officer.  The
vacancy created by the resignation is filled by the authority that
appointed the director.  The appointed director serves for the
remainder of the vacated term.
      (f)  Section 335.031(b) does not apply to a district located
in a county with a population of 2.4 million or more.
      (2)  On page 7, between lines 15 and 16, insert:
      (c)  The change in law made by Section 335.035, Local
Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an
appointment of a director or presiding officer to the board of a
venue district on or after the effective date of this Act.  An
appointment of a director or presiding officer to the board of a
venue district before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect immediately before the effective date, and that
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
      (3)  Renumber the subsequent sections of the bill
appropriately.