Amend CSSB 9 (House Committee Printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly: SECTION . (a) The governor's office of homeland security shall conduct a study to evaluate the security of seaports in this state. (b) Not later than December 1, 2006, the governor's office of homeland security shall report its findings to the: (1) legislature; (2) lieutenant governor; (3) speaker of the house of representatives; and (4) governor. (c) The report shall include: (1) an evaluation of the compliance of relevant entities with the requirements of the federal Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (Pub. L. No. 107–295) and other federal law applicable to the security of seaports in this state, including the degree of compliance of relevant entities with any credentialing systems required by federal law; (2) a summary of the degree to which seaports in this state have implemented security procedures to ensure that all employees and contractors receive appropriate security screening before being provided with access to port locations or sensitive information relating to ports; (3) a summary of the degree to which seaports in this state have implemented any security fees; and (4) an accounting of the total amount of homeland security grants and other homeland security funding that have been provided to seaports in this state for security purposes and the manner in which those funds have been spent by the recipients. (d) This section expires September 1, 2007.