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Amend CSHB 1538 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                      
	(1)  In SECTION 18 of the bill, strike amended Sections 
651.302(a) and (b), Occupations Code (page 4, line 50, through page 
5, line 7), and substitute:
	(a)  The commission shall issue a provisional license to 
practice funeral directing to an applicant who:
(1)  is at least 18 years of age;                                               
(2)  has completed the educational requirements of 
Section 651.253 or is enrolled in an accredited school or college of 
mortuary science;
(3)  is employed by a funeral director to learn 
funeral directing or embalming under the instruction and 
supervision of the funeral director;
(4)  takes the written examination given by the 
commission;            
(5) [(4)] files an application for a provisional 
license on a form provided by the commission and verified under oath 
by the applicant; and 
(6) [(5)] pays any required application or license 
fee.
	(b)  The commission shall issue a provisional license to 
practice embalming to an applicant who:
(1)  is at least 18 years of age;                                               
(2)  has completed the educational requirements of 
Section 651.253 or is enrolled in an accredited school or college of 
mortuary science;
(3)  takes the written examination given by the 
commission;                   
(4)  files an application for a provisional license;                            
(5)  pays any required application or license fee; and                          
(6)  complies with the requirements of this chapter 
and of the commission.    
	(2)  In SECTION 26 of the bill, in amended Section 
651.455(a), Occupations Code (page 6, line 35), strike "regulated 
by the commission".