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	Amend CSHB 13 (house committee printing) as follows:                         

(1)  Strike SECTION 4 of the bill and substitute the 	following:              
	SECTION 4.  Subchapter A, Chapter 421, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 421.0025 to read as follows:
	Sec. 421.0025.  HOMELAND AND BORDER SECURITY COUNCIL.  (a)  
In this section, "council" means the Homeland and Border Security 
Council.
	(b)  The Homeland and Border Security Council consists of:              
		(1)  the public safety director of the Department of 
Public Safety of the State of Texas or a representative of the 
department appointed by the public safety director;
		(2)  the executive director of the Texas Border 
Sheriffs' Coalition or a representative of the coalition appointed 
by the executive director;
		(3)  the president of the County Judges and 
Commissioners Association of Texas or a representative of the 
association appointed by the president; and
		(4)  the president of the Texas Police Chiefs 
Association or a representative of the association appointed by the 
president.
	(c)  The council shall develop and implement performance 
standards, reporting requirements, audit methods, and other 
procedures to ensure that funds allocated by the office of the 
governor for purposes related to homeland security and border 
security are used properly and that the recipients of the funds are 
accountable for the proper use of the funds.
	(d)  The council shall direct the allocation of funds by the 
office of the governor for purposes related to homeland security 
and border security. Decisions relating to the allocation of those 
funds must be made by a majority of the members of the council.
	(e)  The public safety director of the Department of Public 
Safety of the State of Texas is the chair of the council.  The chair 
shall arrange meetings of the council at times determined by the 
members of the council.
	(f)  The actions and plans of the council are subject to the 
requirements of Chapters 551 and 552 to the same extent as similar 
actions and plans of the Department of Public Safety of the State of 
Texas.
	(g)  Notwithstanding Chapter 551, the council may hold an 
open or closed meeting by telephone conference call.  The meeting is 
subject to the notice requirements applicable to other meetings.  
The notice of the meeting must specify as the location of the 
meeting the location where meetings of the council are usually 
held.  Each part of the meeting that is required to be open to the 
public shall be audible to the public at the location specified in 
the notice of the meeting as the location of the meeting and shall 
be tape-recorded. The tape recording shall be made available to the 
public.
	(h)  Service on the council by a state officer or employee or 
by an officer or employee of a local government is an additional 
duty of the member's office or employment.
	(2)  On page 10, lines 17–18, strike "State Office of 
Homeland Security, with the advice of the Border Security Council, 
[office of the governor]" and substitute "office of the governor, 
at the direction of the Homeland and Border Security Council,".
	(3)  Strike SECTION 15 of the bill and substitute the 
following:             
	SECTION 15.  The House Committee on Defense Affairs and 
State-Federal Relations may conduct a study to determine whether it 
would enhance efficiency in the implementation of homeland security 
and border security measures in this state for this state or for 
certain political subdivisions of this state to seek one or more 
agreements under Section 287(g), Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. Section 1357(g)).