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	Amend CSSB 1693 (house committee printing) as follows:                       
	(1) In Section 1 of the bill, in added Section 672.051, 
Business & Commerce Code (page 3, between lines 19 and 20), insert 
the following:
	(b) The contiguous area may not include any territory in:               
		(1) a county that is not a participating entity; or                    
		(2) the corporate boundaries or extraterritorial 
jurisdiction of a municipality that is not a participating entity.
	(2) In Section 1 of the bill, in added Section 672.051, 
Business & Commerce Code (page 3, line 20), strike "(b)" and 
substitute "(c)".
	(3) In Section 1 of the bill, in added Section 672.052, 
Business & Commerce Code (page 3, line 26), strike "create" and 
substitute "participate in the creation of".
	(4) In Section 1 of the bill, strike added Section 672.053, 
Business & Commerce Code (page 4, lines 5-16), and substitute:
	Sec. 672.053. PROPOSAL TO CREATE. An authority is proposed to 
be created when each participating entity by order, ordinance, or 
resolution proposes the authority's creation.
	(5) In Section 1 of the bill, in added Section 672.054(a), 
Business & Commerce Code (page 4, line 20), strike "672.053(a)" and 
substitute "672.053".
	(6) In Section 1 of the bill, strike added Section 672.055, 
Business & Commerce Code (page 5, lines 13-23), and substitute:
	Sec. 672.055. CREATION BY ORDER, ORDINANCE, OR RESOLUTION; 
GOVERNING AGREEMENT. (a) After all hearings, the governing bodies 
of the participating entities may by concurrent order, ordinance, 
or resolution and execution of an agreement under this section 
create an authority.
	(b) The participating entities must execute an agreement to 
create and govern the authority. The agreement must:
		(1) specify the number of authority directors and who 
appoints the directors;
		(2) describe the authority's boundaries;                               
		(3) name the authority the "(insert name) Inland Port 
Authority";    
		(4) be approved as part of the concurrent order, 
ordinance, or resolution; and
		(5) specify the authority's powers under this chapter.                 
	(c) The specified powers may limit but may not expand the 
powers granted by this chapter.
	(7) In Section 1 of the bill, in added Section 672.101(a)(5), 
Business & Commerce Code (page 6, line 12), strike "672.053" and 
substitute "672.055".
	(8) In Section 1 of the bill, in added Section 672.104(a), 
Business & Commerce Code (page 6, line 27), strike "672.053" and 
substitute "672.055".
	(9) In Section 1 of the bill, in added Section 672.165(a), 
Business & Commerce Code (page 15, line 17), strike "672.053" and 
substitute "672.055".