Amend HB 3473 (Senate Committee Printing) as follows:
      (1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 261.110,
Family Code (page 1, between lines 48 and 49), insert the
following:
      (f)  A public employee who alleges a violation of this
section may sue the employing state or local governmental entity
for the relief provided for by this section. Sovereign immunity is
waived and abolished to the extent of liability created by this
section. A person having a claim under this section may sue a
governmental unit for damages allowed by this section.
      (g)  In a suit under this section against an employing state
or local governmental entity, a plaintiff may not recover
compensatory damages for future pecuniary losses, emotional pain,
suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of
life, and other nonpecuniary losses in an amount that exceeds:
            (1)  $50,000, if the employing state or local
governmental entity has fewer than 101 employees in each of 20 or
more calendar weeks in the calendar year in which the suit is filed
or in the preceding year;
            (2)  $100,000, if the employing state or local
governmental entity has more than 100 and fewer than 201 employees
in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the calendar year in which
the suit is filed or in the preceding year;
            (3)  $200,000, if the employing state or local
governmental entity has more than 200 and fewer than 501 employees
in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the calendar year in which
the suit is filed or in the preceding year; and
            (4)  $250,000, if the employing state or local
governmental entity has more than 500 employees in each of 20 or
more calendar weeks in the calendar year in which the suit is filed
or in the preceding year.
      (h)  If more than one subdivision of Subsection (g) applies
to an employing state or local governmental entity, the amount of
monetary damages that may be recovered from the entity in a suit
brought under this section is governed by the applicable provision
that provides the highest damage award.
      (2)  Reletter the subsequent subsections of proposed Section
261.110, Family Code, accordingly.