Amend SB 287 on third reading by striking the ARTICLE of the 
bill addressing the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission (house 
committee printing, ARTICLE 46, page 46, lines 10-18) and 
substituting a new appropriately numbered ARTICLE to read as 
follows:

ARTICLE ___. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION
	SECTION ___.01.  Effective September 1, 2003, Section 
402.002(a), Labor Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Members of the commission hold office for staggered 
two-year [six-year] terms, with the terms of three members [one 
member representing employers and one member representing wage 
earners] expiring on February 1 of each [odd-numbered] year.
	SECTION ___.02.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 402.002(a), 
Labor Code, as amended by this Act, the current terms of the members 
of the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission expire February 1, 
2005.
	(b)  As soon as possible on or after February 1, 2005, the 
governor shall appoint:
		(1)  one member representing employers and two members 
representing wage earners to terms expiring February 1, 2006; and
		(2)  one member representing wage earners and two 
members representing employers to terms expiring February 1, 2007.