Amend CSHB 2224 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the subsequent 
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION _____. Article 1396-2.23A(E), Vernon's Texas Civil 
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
	E. This article does not apply to:                                             
		(1) a corporation that solicits funds only from its 
members;                
		(2) a corporation which does not intend to solicit and 
receive and does not actually raise or receive contributions from 
sources other than its own membership in excess of $10,000 during a 
fiscal year;
		(3) a proprietary school that has received a 
certificate of approval from the State Commissioner of Education, a 
public institution of higher education and foundations chartered 
for the benefit of such institutions or any component part thereof, 
a private institution of higher education with a certificate of 
authority to grant a degree issued by the Coordinating Board, Texas 
College and University System, or an elementary or secondary 
school, except that the article does apply to an open-enrollment 
charter school;
		(4) religious institutions which shall be limited to 
churches, ecclesiastical or denominational organizations, or other 
established physical places for worship at which religious services 
are the primary activity and such activities are regularly 
conducted;
		(5) a trade association or professional society whose 
income is principally derived from membership dues and assessments, 
sales, or services;
		(6) any insurer licensed and regulated by the State 
Board of Insurance;     
		(7) an organization whose charitable activities relate 
to public concern in the conservation and protection of wildlife, 
fisheries, and allied natural resources;
		(8) an alumni association of a public or private 
institution of higher education in this state, provided that such 
association is recognized and acknowledged by the institution as 
its official alumni association.