Amend CSHB 262 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
section to read as follows and renumbering subsequent sections 
accordingly:
	SECTION _____.  The Texas Department of Economic Development, 
or its successor in function, shall hire an independent consultant 
to perform an analysis of the return on investment the state 
receives or should be expected to receive from the changes in law 
made by this Act.  The independent consultant shall prepare the 
report and present it to the department not later than September 1, 
2004.  The department shall hire three independent consultants to 
review and critique the report.  The independent consultants shall 
jointly prepare a report on their review not later than December 1, 
2004.  The department shall deliver the original report and the 
joint report to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of 
the house of representatives not later than December 31, 2004.