Amend CSSB 311 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTIONS to ARTICLE 14 of the bill and renumbering subsequent
SECTIONS in ARTICLE 14 appropriately:
      SECTION ____. Subchapter L, Chapter 403, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 403.2731 to read as follows:
      Sec. 403.2731.  PROPERTY MANAGERS: QUALIFICATIONS AND
COMPENSATION.  (a)  The classification officer shall create within
the state's position classification plan under Chapter 654 a
classification structure for property managers that effectively
establishes a career ladder for state agency property managers.
The classification structure for property managers must include at
least three levels of classification and be based in part on the
certification levels established by the National Property
Management Association or by a similar organization that certifies
personal property management professionals under comparable
certification requirements.
      (b)  Each state agency that owns at least 50,000 items of
personal property shall require at least one of its property
managers to be certified by the National Property Management
Association or by a similar organization that certifies personal
property management professionals under comparable certification
requirements.
      SECTION ____. Each state agency subject to Section
403.2731(b), Government Code, as added by this Act, shall comply
with the requirements of that law by not later than August 31,
2002.