Amend CSHB 2424, in SECTION 55 of the bill, in Section 
171.802, Tax Code, by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  A corporation may claim a credit or take a carryforward 
credit for a qualified capital investment made on or after 
January 1, 2003, without regard to whether the county in which it 
makes the qualified capital investment has lost its designation as 
a strategic investment area if:
(1)  the corporation committed to the investment in 
that county before January 2003;
(2)  at the time the corporation made the commitment, 
the county was designated as a strategic investment area;
(3)  the total investment is at least $100 million;                      
(4)  the county has a population of less than 15,700; 
and              
(5)  the corporation made a qualified capital 
investment in the county in each of the two years preceding the year 
in which the corporation made the qualified capital investment 
under this subsection.