Amend CSHJR 54 as follows:                                                   
	(1)  On page 1, line 6, strike "Subsection (h)" and insert 
"Subsections (h) and (i)".
	(2)  On page 1, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:                 
	(i)  A political subdivision and a public retirement system 
described by Subsection (h) are exempt from the application of 
Subsection (h) if the political subdivision holds an election on 
the date in May, 2004, that political subdivisions are required to 
use for the election of their officers and the majority of the 
voters of the political subdivision voting at the election favor 
exempting the political subdivision and the public retirement 
system from the application of Subsection (h).