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	Amend CSSB 1154 (house committee printing) in SECTION 2 of the 
bill, by striking added Subdivision (7), Section 1956.001, 
Occupations Code (page 2, lines 12 through 24), and substituting 
the following:
		(7) "Metal recycling entity" means a business that is 
operated from a fixed location and is predominantly engaged in:
			(A) performing the manufacturing process by which 
scrap, used, or obsolete ferrous or nonferrous metal is converted 
into raw material products consisting of prepared grades and having 
an existing or potential economic value, by a method that in part 
requires the use of powered tools and equipment, including 
processes that involve processing, sorting, cutting, classifying, 
cleaning, baling, wrapping, shredding, shearing, or changing the 
physical form of that metal;
			(B) the use of raw material products described 
under Paragraph (A) in the manufacture of producer or consumer 
goods; or
			(C) purchasing or otherwise acquiring scrap, 
used, or obsolete ferrous or nonferrous metals for the eventual use 
of the metal for the purposes described by Paragraph (A) or (B).