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	Amend HB 2656 (house committee printing) as follows:                         

(1)  On page 1, line 14, strike "Sections 825.002(a), (d), 	(f), and (g)," and substitute "Sections 825.002(a), (c), (d), (e), 
(f), and (g),".
	(2)  On page 1, line 17, strike "this section, six" and 
substitute "Subsection (b) [this section], three".
	(3)  On page 1, between lines 18 and 19, insert the 
following:               
	(c)  Two trustees who are [The governor shall appoint two 
members of the board from a slate of three] members of the 
retirement system and who are currently employed by a public school 
district shall be elected [and who have been nominated in 
accordance with Subsection (f)] by the members of the retirement 
system whose most recent credited service was performed for a 
public school district.  The two trustees [members] hold office for 
staggered terms.
	(4)  On page 2, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:                   
	(e)  One trustee who is a member [The governor shall appoint 
one member from a slate of three members] of the retirement system 
and who is [are] currently employed by an institution of higher 
education shall be elected [and who have been nominated in 
accordance with Subsection (f)] by the members of the retirement 
system whose most recent credited service was performed for an 
institution of higher education.
	(5)  On page 2, strike lines 3 through 6, and substitute the 
following:      
	(f)  The board of trustees shall adopt rules for the election 
of trustees [Persons considered for nomination] under Subsections
[Subsection] (c), (d), and [or] (e) [must have been nominated by 
written ballot at an election conducted under rules adopted by the 
board of trustees].
	(6)  On page 3, line 18, strike "appointed or".                         
	(7)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the 
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 825.009(a), Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A trustee elected [appointed from a slate of members 
nominated] by members of the retirement system under Section 
825.002 is entitled to leave with pay from the trustee's public 
school employer to attend to the official business of the 
retirement system.