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Amend CSHB 1602 (Senate committee printing) in SECTION 2 of 
the bill by striking added Subsection (c), Section 15.0181, Civil 
Practice and Remedies Code (page 1, lines 56 through 61), and 
substituting the following:
	(c)  Except as provided by this section, a suit brought under 
the Jones Act shall be brought:
		(1)  in the county where the defendant's principal 
office in this state is located;
		(2)  in the county in which all or a substantial part of 
the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred; or
		(3)  in the county where the plaintiff resided at the 
time the cause of action accrued.