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.