Amend HB 23 on third reading as follows:                                     
	(1) Strike the last sentence of SECTION 23 (page 16, line 9 
through line 16, and substitute the following:
	"The governor shall appoint as new members at least three 
persons who:       
		(1) have never been employed by the Texas Department of 
Criminal Justice; and
		(2) were serving on the Board of Pardons and Paroles on 
May 1, 2003 or on that date had been nominated for board membership 
and were awaiting confirmation.
	(2) Add an appropriately numbered SECTION to read as follows:                  
	SECTION _____.  It is the intent of the legislature that 
members serving on the Board of Pardons and Paroles on May 1, 2003, 
be offered the first opportunity to be hired as parole 
commissioners employed under Chapter 508, Government Code, as 
amended by this Act.