Amend CSHB 2730 (House committee printing) in ARTICLE 5 of the 
bill by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to that 
ARTICLE and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of that ARTICLE 
accordingly:
	SECTION 5.____.  Section 411.005, Government Code, is amended 
by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to 
read as follows:
	(a)  The commission shall appoint a citizen of the United 
States [this state] as public safety director.  The director serves 
until removed by the commission.
	(c)  The commission shall select the director, and the 
director shall select an assistant director, on the basis of the 
person's training, experience, and qualifications for the 
position. The director and each [an] assistant director must, 
during the six-year period before appointment to the department as 
the director or as an assistant director, have been serving for a 
period of not less than five consecutive years as:
		(1)  a full-time peace officer commissioned by a state, 
federal, local, or tribal law enforcement agency; and
		(2)  the head of or a senior manager in a state, 
federal, local, or tribal law enforcement agency [five years' 
experience, preferably in police or public administration].
	(d)  The director and an assistant director are entitled to 
annual salaries as provided by the legislature.