Amend CSHB 2753 as follows:                                                  

(1)  On page 5, line 3, strike "Sections 322.019-322.021" and 	substitute "Section 322.019".
	(2)  Strike page 5, line 4, through page 6, line 5.                            
	(3)  On page 6, line 6, strike "322.021" and substitute 
"322.019".
	(4)  On page 6, strike lines 9 through 14 and substitute the 
following:      
	(b)  The board may serve as the statistical analysis center 
for the state and as the liaison for the state to the United States 
Department of Justice on criminal justice issues of interest to the 
state and federal government relating to data, information systems, 
and research if an executive branch agency or institution of higher 
education is not designated by the governor to perform those 
functions.
	(5)  Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION and 
renumber the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, 
is amended by adding Section 552.146 to read as follows:
	Sec. 552.146.  EXCEPTION:  CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS WITH 
ASSISTANT OR EMPLOYEE OF LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD.  All 
communications, including conversations, correspondence, and 
electronic communications, between a member of the legislature or 
the lieutenant governor and an assistant or employee of the 
Legislative Budget Board are excepted from the requirements of 
Section 552.021.