Amend SB 1851 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION  to the bill and renumbering existing SECTIONS of the bill
appropriately:
      SECTION     . Chapter 22, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter E to read as follows:
            SUBCHAPTER E. GENERAL RULEMAKING PROVISIONS
      Sec. 22.351. APPLICATION. (a) This subchapter applies only to
the supreme court and the court of criminal appeals.
      (b)  A court may not issue a rule or an amendment to a rule
under Section 22.003, 22.004, 22.108, or 22.109 unless the court
meets the requirements of this subchapter.
      Sec. 22.352. OPEN MEETINGS; PUBLIC INFORMATION. A committee,
task force, or other group appointed by a court to discuss,
examine, or recommend a rule or an amendment to a rule covered by
this subchapter is subject to the open meetings law, Chapter 551,
and the public information law, Chapter 552.