Amend CSSB 2039 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                      
	(1)  In SECTION 1.01, ARTICLE 1 of the bill, in the 
introductory language to that SECTION (page 1, line 14), strike "by 
adding Section 51.358" and substitute "by adding Sections 51.358 
and 51.359".
	(2)  In SECTION 1.01, ARTICLE 1 of the bill, strike added 
Subsection (m), Section 51.358, Education Code, (page 2, lines 51 
through 62), and substitute the following:
	(m)  The interim governing board shall prepare an annual 
financial statement for the university or university system.  An 
audit of the financial statement must be prepared by the state 
auditor or, if the authority to contract for audit services is 
delegated by the state auditor in accordance with Section 321.020, 
Government Code, by an independent private auditor.  The audit 
required by this subsection must include a review of a contract 
entered into by the university or university system that:
		(1)  is active; or                                                     
		(2)  the university or university system entered into 
during the two-year period immediately preceding the date the 
interim administration took effect.
	(3)  In SECTION 1.01, ARTICLE 1 of the bill, in added 
Subsection (r), Section 51.358, Education Code (page 3, line 35), 
strike "two" and substitute "three".
	(4)  In SECTION 1.01, ARTICLE 1 of the bill, immediately 
following added Section 51.358, Education Code (page 3, between 
lines 47 and 48), add the following:
	Sec. 51.359.  DENIAL OF EMPLOYMENT FOR CONTRIBUTION TO 
FINANCIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXIGENCY.  The interim governing board 
of a university or university system subject to an interim 
administration under Section 51.358 may make a determination that 
an individual's act or omission was a material cause of the 
condition of financial or administrative exigency at the university 
or university system that resulted in the interim administration.  
If the interim governing board makes a determination under this 
section, the individual shall be denied employment in an 
administrative capacity with the university or university system 
and any employment contract provision concerning administrative 
employment of that individual is void by the university or system.
	(5)  In SECTION 2.01, ARTICLE 2 of the bill, strike added 
Section 2116.001, Government Code (page 3, lines 55 through 61), 
and substitute the following:
	Sec. 2116.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "state agency" 
means a department, commission, board, office, or other agency or 
entity governed by a commissioner or other officer appointed by the 
governor or by a board, commission, or other governing body with one 
or more members appointed by the governor that:
		(1)  is in the executive branch of state government; or                
		(2)  is created by statute.                                            
	(6)  In SECTION 2.01, ARTICLE 2 of the bill, strike added 
Subsection (b), Section 2116.024, Government Code (page 5, line 64 
through page 6, line 5), and substitute the following:
	(b)  The interim administrator shall prepare an annual 
financial statement for the agency.  An audit of the financial 
statement must be prepared by the state auditor or, if the authority 
to contract for audit services is delegated by the state auditor in 
accordance with Section 321.020, by an independent private auditor.  
The audit required by this subsection must include a review of a 
contract entered into by the agency that:
		(1)  is active; or                                                     
		(2)  the agency entered into during the two-year period 
immediately preceding the date the interim administration took 
effect.
	(7)  In SECTION 2.01, ARTICLE 2 of the bill, following added 
Section 2116.043, Government Code (page 7, between lines 6 and 7), 
insert the following:
	SUBCHAPTER E.  EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS DURING INTERIM ADMINISTRATION
	Sec. 2116.061.  DENIAL OF EMPLOYMENT FOR CONTRIBUTION TO 
FINANCIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXIGENCY.  The interim administrator or 
interim governing board or officer, as applicable, of a state 
agency subject to this chapter may make a determination that an 
individual's act or omission was a material cause of the condition 
of financial or administrative exigency at the agency that resulted 
in the interim administration or the abolition of the position of 
governing officer or the governing body.  If the interim 
administrator, or interim governing board or officer, as 
applicable, makes a determination under this section, the 
individual shall be denied employment with the agency and any 
existing employment contract with that individual is void.
	(8)  Add the following SECTION and renumber subsequent 
SECTIONS appropriately:
	SECTION __.  Chapter 321, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Section 321.024 to read as follows:
	Sec. 321.024.  MEETING BY TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE.  (a)  As 
an exception to Chapter 551 and other law, if a meeting is located 
in Austin and the joint chairs of the committee are physically 
present at the meeting, then any number of the other members of the 
committee may attend the meeting by use of telephone conference 
call, video conference call, or other similar telecommunication 
device.
	(b)  This section applies for purposes of constituting a 
quorum, for purposes of voting, and for any other purpose allowing a 
member of the committee to otherwise fully participate in any 
meeting of the committee, and applies only to a meeting held 
pursuant to Chapter 2104 or 2116 of this code, or Section 51.358, 
Education Code.
	(c)  A meeting held by use of telephone conference call, 
video conference call, or other similar telecommunication device:
		(1)  is subject to the notice requirements applicable 
to other meetings of the committee;
		(2)  must specify in the notice of the meeting the 
location in Austin of the meeting at which the joint chairs will be 
physically present;
		(3)  must be open to the public and shall be audible to 
the public at the location in Austin specified in the notice of the 
meeting as the location of the meeting at which the joint chairs 
will be physically present; and
		(4)  must provide two-way audio communication between 
all members of the committee attending the meeting during the 
entire meeting, and if the two-way audio communication link with 
any member attending the meeting is disrupted at any time, the 
meeting may not continue until the two-way audio communication link 
is reestablished.