Amend SB 553 by inserting the following at the end of SECTION
1 of the bill (Committee Printing page 3, between lines 3 and 4):
      Sec. 176.008.  TERM OF AGREEMENT; EXTENSIONS.  (a)  An
initial agreement under this chapter may not exceed a term of two
years.
      (b)  A public employer and a fire fighter association
recognized as the sole and exclusive meet and confer agent may
agree to extend an existing agreement for a term not to exceed one
year.