Amend CSHB 2262 by adding the following appropiately numbered sections. SECTION _____. Title 2, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Chapter 57 to read as follows: CHAPTER 57. REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSING AGENCIES Sec. 57.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "License" means a license, certificate, registration, permit, or other form of authorization required by law or state agency rule that must be obtained by an individual to engage in a particular business, occupation, or profession. (2) "State agency" means a department, board, bureau, commission, committee, division, office, council, or agency of the state. Sec. 57.002. REQUIREMENTS FOR GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERSHIP. A person may not be required to be a member of a private trade association as a precondition to serving as a member of the governing board of a state agency that issues a license or otherwise regulates a business, occupation, or profession. Sec. 57.003. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not apply to the Texas Energy Resource Council. SECTION ____. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies to the appointment of a person as a member of a governing board subject to Chapter 57, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, on or after the effective date of this Act. (b) A member of a governing board subject to Chapter 57, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, who is serving on the governing board on the effective date of this Act is subject to the law in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this Act and, unless otherwise removed as provided by law, may continue to serve for the remainder of the member's term. (c) Section 57.003, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, takes effect only if the 77th Legislature, at its regular session, enacts a bill creating a Texas Energy Resource Council and that bill becomes law. If that bill does not become law, Section 57.003, Occupations Code, has no effect.