Amend CSSB 286 as follows:                                                   
	1.  On page 42, lines 3 through 25 of the bill, strike Section 
45, of the bill and substitute the following:
	SECTION 45.  To achieve an orderly transition from 18 to 9 
positions on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the 
Governor on August 31, 2003, or September 1, 2003, shall appoint 
only three persons to the coordinating board for terms expiring on 
August 31, 2009.  On, or as soon as possible after, August 31, 2005, 
the Governor shall appoint only four members to the coordinating 
board for terms expiring on August 31, 2011.  On, or as soon as 
possible after, August 31, 2007, the Governor shall appoint only 
two members to the coordinating board for terms expiring on August 
31, 2013.  As terms on the coordinating board expire on and after 
August 31, 2009, the Governor shall appoint three members to the 
coordinating board in accordance with Section 61.022, Education 
Code, as amended by this Act.