Amend CSHB 1602 as follows:                                                  
	(1)  On page 1, line 21, strike "In this section, "inland" 
and substitute the following:
	In this section:                                                        
		(1)  "Coastal county" means:                                           
			(A)  a county in a coastal area, as defined by 
Section 33.004, Natural Resources Code; or
			(B)  a county having a United States Customs port 
through which waterborne freight is transported.
		(2)  "Inland                                                           
	(2)  On page 2, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:                   
		(3)  "Principal Texas Port Center" means:                              
			(A)  a county in this state with a population of 
more than three million that is adjoined by a coastal county; or
			(B)  a coastal county adjoining a county described 
by Subparagraph (A) with a population of more than 225,000.
	(3)  On page 2, strike lines 23 through 27 and substitute the 
following:     
		(1)  in a Principal Texas Port Center where the 
plaintiff resided at the time the cause of action accrued;
		(2)  if the plaintiff did not reside in a Principal 
Texas Port Center at the time the cause of action accrued, in any 
Principal Texas Port Center;
		(3)  in the county where the defendant's principal 
office in this state is located if the defendant's principal office 
in this state is located in a coastal county; or
		(4)  if the defendant does not have a principal office 
in this state located in a coastal county, in the county where the 
plaintiff resided at the time the cause of action accrued.