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	Amend CSHB 13 (house committee printing) as follows:                         

(1)  On page 4, strike lines 8-16 and substitute the 	following:              
	Sec. 421.002.  STATE OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY; HOMELAND 
SECURITY STRATEGY.  (a)  The director of the State Office of 
Homeland Security [governor] shall direct homeland security in this 
state.  The director is appointed by the governor with the advice 
and consent of the senate and serves a two-year term expiring 
February 1 of each odd-numbered year.  The State Office of Homeland 
Security is administratively attached to the office of the 
governor.
	(a-1)  The governor [and] shall develop a statewide homeland 
security strategy that improves the state's ability to:
		(1)  detect and deter threats to homeland security;                           
		(2)  respond to homeland security emergencies; and                            
		(3)  recover from homeland security emergencies.                              
	(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the 
bill and renumber existing SECTIONS appropriately:
	SECTION ____.  As soon as practicable after the effective 
date of this Act, the governor shall appoint the director of the 
State Office of Homeland Security to a term expiring February 1, 
2009.