Amend HB 2914 by adding appropriately new numbered sections
to read as follows:
      SECTION _____. Subchapter C, Chapter 311, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 311.034 to read as follows:
      Sec. 311.034.  WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.  In order to
preserve the legislature's interest in managing state fiscal
matters through the appropriations process, a statute shall not be
construed as a waiver of sovereign immunity unless the waiver is
effected by clear and unambiguous language.  In a statute, the use
of "person," as defined by Section 311.005 to include governmental
entities, does not indicate legislative intent to waive sovereign
immunity unless the context of the statute indicates no other
reasonable construction.
      SECTION _____. Section 2260.005, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
      Sec. 2260.005. EXCLUSIVE PROCEDURE.  Subject to Section
2260.007, the <The> procedures contained in this chapter are
exclusive and required prerequisites to suit in accordance with
Chapter 107, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
      SECTION _____. Subchapter A, Chapter 2260, Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 2260.007 to read as follows:
      Sec. 2260.007.  LEGISLATIVE PERMISSION TO SUE. (a)
Notwithstanding Section 2260.005, the legislature retains the
authority to deny or grant a waiver of immunity to suit against a
unit of state government by statute, resolution, or any other means
the legislature may determine appropriate.
      (b)  This chapter does not and may not be interpreted to:
            (1)  divest the legislature of the authority to grant
permission to sue a unit of state government on the terms,
conditions, and procedures that the legislature may specify in the
measure granting the permission;
            (2)  require that the legislature, in granting or
denying permission to sue a unit of state government, comply with
this chapter; or
            (3)  limit in any way the effect of a legislative grant
of permission to sue a unit of state government unless the grant
itself provides that this chapter may have that effect.