Amend Amendment No. 1 by Wolens to CSHB 1606 in Article 5 of 
the bill, by inserting the following new SECTION, appropriately 
numbered, and renumbering subsection SECTIONS of the article 
appropriately:
	SECTION 5._____. Subtitle A, Title 10, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Chapter 2010 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 2010. LEGISLATIVE CONTINUANCE IN AGENCY PROCEEDING 
	Sec. 2010.001. APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only to a 
proceeding before an agency of this state in the executive branch of 
government with statewide jurisdiction, including any department, 
bureau, board, commission, office, agency, or council, established 
under the statutes or constitution of this state.  This chapter 
applies to a contested case governed by Chapter 2001.
	Sec. 2010.002. LEGISLATIVE CONTINUANCE FOR PARTY. (a) Except 
as provided by Subsection (c), at any time within 30 days of a date 
when the legislature is to be in session, at any time during a 
legislative session, or when the legislature sits as a 
constitutional convention, the state agency on application shall 
continue a proceeding before the agency in which a party applying 
for the continuance or the attorney for that party is a member or 
member-elect of the legislature.  The agency shall continue the 
proceeding until 30 days after the date on which the legislature 
adjourns.
	(b) This section applies without regard to another law of 
this state establishing a time for completing the proceeding.
	(c) If the attorney for a party to the proceeding is a member 
or member-elect of the legislature who was employed within 10 days 
before the date on which the proceeding will be heard, the 
continuance is discretionary with the person or body hearing the 
proceeding.
	(d) The party seeking the continuance must file with the 
state agency an affidavit stating the grounds for the continuance.  
The affidavit is proof of the necessity of the continuance.  The 
affidavit need not be corroborated.
	(e) If the member or member-elect of the legislature is an an 
attorney for a party, the affidavit must contain a declaration that 
it is the attorney's intention to participate actively in the 
preparation or presentation in connection with the proceeding and 
the attorney has not agreed to represent a person in the proceeding 
for the purpose of obtaining a continuance under this section.
	Sec. 201.003. FILING WITH ETHICS COMMISSION. If the attorney 
for a party seeking a continuance under this chapter is a member or 
member-elect of the legislature, the attorney shall file a copy of 
the application for a continuance with the Texas Ethics Commission.  
The copy must be sent to the commission on the sae day the attorney 
files the application with the court.
	Sec. 2010.004. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW. An member or 
member-elect of the legislature's participation as an attorney in a 
proceeding subject to this chapter is subject to Section 572.052.