Amend the Amendment by Wolens on CSHB 1606 as follows:                       

(1)  In ARTICLE 5 of the bill, insert the following new 	SECTIONS, appropriately numbered:
	SECTION 5.__.  Section 556.006, Government Code,  is amended 
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  A state officer or employee may appear before a 
legislative body to provide public information or to provide 
information responsive to a request. A state officer or employee 
who appears before a legislative body in the person's capacity as 
state officer or employee, including a person appearing in the 
person's capacity as a faculty member of a university system or an 
institution of higher education, may testify on a legislative 
measure, but may not testify for or against the legislative 
measure.
	SECTION 5.___.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 51.907 to read as follows:
	Sec. 51.907.  USE OF CERTAIN SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. (a) In 
this section:
		(1)  "Faculty member" means a person who is employed by 
an institution of higher education on a full-time basis as a member 
of the faculty or staff and whose duties include teaching, 
researching, administration, or the performance of professional 
services.
		(2)  "Institution of higher education" has the meaning 
assigned by Section 61.003.
	(b)  An officer or employee of an institution of higher 
education, including a faculty member, may not use equipment or 
supplies, including computer or telephone equipment, purchased or 
maintained with state appropriated money or other funds of the 
institution of higher education for any purpose other than the 
officer's or employee's duties for the institution of higher 
education.
	(2)  Renumber subsequent SECTIONS of ARTICLE 5 of the bill 
appropriately.