Amend HB 2914 as follows:
      1)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, on page 1, line 34, between
"Resources" and "under", insert "or the Texas State Library and
Archives Commission".
      2)  In SECTION 10 of the bill, on page 4, strike lines 11-15
and substitute the following:
      "(b)  Intellectual property is excepted from required
disclosure under Chapter 552:
            (1)  beginning on the date the comptroller decides to
seek a patent, trademark, service mark, collective mark,
certification mark, or other evidence of protection of exclusivity
concerning the property; and
            (2)  ending on the date the comptroller receives a
decision about the comptroller's application for a patent,
trademark, service mark, collective mark, certification mark, or
other evidence of protection of exclusivity concerning the
property."
      3)  In SECTION 18 of the bill, on page 9, strike lines 25-29,
and substitute the following:
      <Sec. 447.004.  MODEL CODES. The energy management center may
recommend model energy conservation building codes to
municipalities for use in enacting or amending municipal
ordinances.>
      4)  In SECTION 24 of the bill, on page 13, line 32, strike
"and" and substitute "or".
      5)  In SECTION 40 of the bill, on page 24, line 45, between
"is" and "amended", insert "reenacted and".
      6)  In SECTION 42 of the bill, on page 25, line 3, between
"is" and "amended", insert "reenacted and".
      7)  Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION:
      "SECTION _____.  Section 2175.242(c), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (c)  This subchapter does not affect Section 403.273, which
provides for the deletion from state property accounting records of
a state agency's missing property <on the state auditor's
authorization>."
      8)  In SECTION 49 of the bill, on page 28, strike lines 25-27
and substitute the following:
      "(d)  For purposes of this section, the renewal, amendment,
or extension of a contract executed on or before September 1, 1993,
is considered to be the execution of a new contract."
      9)  Strike SECTION 51 of the bill, (page 28, lines 46-57) and
substitute the following:
      "SECTION 51.  Section 2251.025(b), Government Code, is
amended as follows:
      (b)  Interest accrues on an <An> overdue payment <bears>
<interest> at the rate of one percent each month."
      10)  In SECTION 53 of the bill, on page 29, line 20, strike
"is not suspended" and substitute "does not stop accruing".
      11)  In SECTION 54 of the bill, on page 29, strike lines
33-39, and substitute the following:
      "Sec. 2251.026.  Payment of Interest by State Agency. (a)  A
state agency is liable for any interest that accrues on an overdue
payment under this chapter and shall pay the interest from funds
appropriated or otherwise available to the agency at the same time
the principal is paid.  <(a)  If the warrant for a payment the
originating state agency owes is not mailed or electronically
transmitted before the payment is overdue, the agency is liable for
an interest payment that accrues under this chapter.>"
      12)  In SECTION 54 of the bill, on page 29, strike lines
48-62, and substitute the following:
"state agency under this chapter if the comptroller is responsible
for issuing a warrant or initiating an electronic funds transfer to
pay the principal amount on behalf of the agency.
      (d)  A state agency shall determine the amount of interest
that accrues on an overdue payment by the agency under this chapter
if the comptroller is not responsible for issuing a warrant or
initiating an electronic funds transfer to pay the principal amount
on behalf of the agency.  <(c) The>".
      13)  In SECTION 54 of the bill, on page 29, after line 66,
insert the following:
      "(e)  The comptroller or state agency shall submit the
interest payment with the net amount due for the goods or
services."
      14)  In SECTION 54 of the bill, renumber subsections (e)-(h)
in Section 2251.026, Government Code to conform.
      15)  In SECTION 63 of the bill, on page 31, line 35, between
"section" and the period, insert "provided that the required
payment date be no earlier than the 30th day after the last day of
the reporting period in which the fees are collected".
      16)  In SECTION 65 of the bill, on page 32, line 14, between
"comptroller" and the period, insert "provided that the required
payment date be no earlier than the 30th day after the last day of
the reporting period in which the surcharge is collected".
      17)  In SECTION 68 of the bill, on page 32, line 66, between
"commission." and "The" insert "The cost of the audit shall not be
assessed against the service provider."
      18)  In SECTION 79 of the bill, on page 36, line 34, strike
"71" and substitute "72".