Amend SB 1419 by striking all below the enacting clause and
substituting the following:
      SECTION 1.  Section 3.118, Business & Commerce Code, is
amended by adding subsection (i) to read as follows:
      (i)  A right of action of a public institution of higher
education or the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is not
barred by this section.
      SECTION 2.  This act takes effect immediately if it is
enacted, as required by Section 39, Article III, Texas
Constitution, by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to
each house.  If this act does not receive the votes required for
immediate effect, this Act takes effect on September 1, 2001.