Amend SB 717 on third reading in SECTION 1 of the bill as follows: (1) In added Section 128.001(c), Civil Practice and Remedies Code, between "in advance by" and "the legislature", insert "a majority of voters in an election held under Subsection (f) or". (2) In added Section 128.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, add new Subsection (f) as follows: (f) A governmental unit that is a political subdivision is authorized to hold an election in the political subdivision for the purpose of approving a suit described by Subsection (b).