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	Amend CSHB 261 as follows:                                                   
	(1)  On page 1, between lines 3 and 4, add the following 
appropriately numbered SECTIONS:
	SECTION     .  The heading to Subchapter H, Chapter 153, Family 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER H.  RIGHTS OF GRANDPARENT, AUNT, OR UNCLE                    
	SECTION     .  Section 153.431, Family Code, is amended to read 
as follows:
	Sec. 153.431. [GRANDPARENTAL] APPOINTMENT OF GRANDPARENT, 
AUNT, OR UNCLE AS MANAGING CONSERVATOR [CONSERVATORS].  If both of 
the parents of a child are deceased, the court may consider 
appointment of a parent, sister, or brother of a deceased parent 
[grandparents may be considered for appointment] as a managing 
conservator of the child [conservators], but that consideration 
does not alter or diminish the discretionary power of the court.
	(2)  On page 3, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following 
appropriately numbered SECTION:
	SECTION     .  The change in law made by this Act to Section 
153.431, Family Code, applies to a suit affecting the parent-child 
relationship that is pending in a trial court on the effective date 
of this Act or that is filed on or after the effective date of this 
Act.
	(3) Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.