Amend CSHB 2649 as follows:
      1.  Amend SECTION 2 by striking Section 382.037(g), Health
and Safety Code, and substituting in lieu thereof the following new
Section 382.037(g), Health and Safety Code, to read as follows:
      g)  The commission may not establish, before January 1, 2004,
vehicle fuel content standards to provide for vehicle fuel content
for clean motor vehicle fuels for any area of the state that are
more stringent or restrictive <other> than those standards
promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
applicable to that area, except for the fuel described in
Subsection (h), unless the fuel is specifically authorized by the
legislature <or unless it is demonstrated to be necessary for the
attainment of federal ozone ambient air quality standards or,
following appropriate health studies and in consultation with the
Texas Department of Health, it is determined to be necessary for
the protection of public health>.