Amend HJR 84 as follows:                                                     
	(1)  In Section 1 of the resolution, strike added Section 
72(c), Article XVI, Texas Constitution (Senate committee printing, 
page 1, lines 29-39), and substitute the following:
	(c)  For an officer who is a member of the legislature, the 
member of the legislature shall select a person to serve as the 
temporary acting representative or senator, subject to approval of 
the selection by a majority vote of the appropriate house of the 
legislature.  The temporary acting representative or senator must 
be:
		(1)  a member of the same political party as the member 
being temporarily replaced; and
		(2)  qualified for office under Section 6, Article III, 
of this constitution for a senator, or Section 7, Article III, of 
this constitution for a representative.
	(2)  In Section 1 of the resolution, strike added Section 
72(e), Article XVI, Texas Constitution (Senate committee printing, 
page 1, lines 43-50), and substitute the following:
	(e)  The appropriate authority shall appoint the temporary 
acting officer to begin service on the date specified in writing by 
the officer being temporarily replaced as the date the officer will 
enter active military service.
	(3)  In Section 2 of the resolution, strike "November 4, 
2003" (Senate committee printing, page 2, line 3), and substitute 
"September 13, 2003".