Amend HB 1515 on page 2, lines 5-9, by striking Section 2 of
the bill and substituting the following:
      SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
      SECTION 3. (a)  This Act applies to all actions:
            (1)  commenced on or after the effective date of this
Act; or
            (2)  pending on that effective date and in which the
trial, or any new trial or retrial following motion, appeal, or
otherwise, begins on or after that date.
      (b)  In an action commenced before the effective date of this
Act, a trial, new trial, or retrial in progress on the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the trial,
new trial, or retrial immediately before the effective date of this
Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.