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Amend HR 2 (adopting the House Rules) as follows:
(1) In Rule 3, Section 4 (Business and Industry), strike Subdivisions (9) through (13) (page 25, lines 8-25) and substitute
the following:
(9) oversight and regulation of the construction
industry; and
(10) the following state agencies: the State Office of
Risk Management, the Risk Management Board, the Division of
Workers' Compensation of the Texas Department of Insurance, the
workers' compensation research and evaluation group in the Texas
Department of Insurance, the Office of Injured Employee Counsel,
including the ombudsman program of that office, [and] the Texas
Mutual Insurance Company Board of Directors, and the Texas
Residential Construction Commission.
(2) In Rule 3, Section 6 (Civil Jurisprudence), strike
Subdivision (10) (page 26, line 27) and renumber the subsequent
subdivisions of the section appropriately.
(3) In Rule 3, strike Section 7 (Corrections) (page 27, line
15, through page 28, line 4) and substitute the following:
Sec. 7. CORRECTIONS AND PUBLIC SAFETY. The committee shall
have 11 [seven] members, with jurisdiction over all matters
pertaining to:
(1) the incarceration and rehabilitation of convicted
felons;
(2) the establishment and maintenance of programs that
provide alternatives to incarceration;
(3) the commitment and rehabilitation of youths;
(4) the construction, operation, and management of
correctional facilities of the state and facilities used for the
commitment and rehabilitation of youths;
(5) law enforcement;
(6) the prevention of crime and the apprehension of
criminals;
(7) the provision of security services by private
entities; and
(8) [(5)] the following state agencies: the
Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education, the
Department of Public Safety, the Texas Forensic Science Commission,
the Polygraph Examiners Board, the Texas Private Security Board,
the Commission on State Emergency Communications, the Crime
Stoppers Advisory Council, the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice, the Special Prosecution Unit, the Board of Pardons and
Paroles, [the Texas Youth Commission,] the Council on Sex Offender
Treatment, the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical
or Mental Impairments, the Private Sector Prison Industries
Oversight Authority, the Criminal Justice Legislative Oversight
Committee, and the Criminal Justice Policy Council.
(4) In Rule 3, strike Section 9 (Criminal Jurisprudence and
Law Enforcement) (page 28, line 18, through page 29, line 10) and
substitute the following:
Sec. 9. CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE. The committee shall have
11 [nine] members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining
to:
(1) criminal law, prohibitions, standards, and
penalties;
(2) probation and parole;
(3) criminal procedure in the courts of Texas;
(4) revision or amendment of the Penal Code; and
(5) the following state agencies: the Office of State
Prosecuting Attorney and the Texas State Council for Interstate
Adult Offender Supervision.
(5) In Rule 3, strike Section 11 (Economic Development)
(page 31, line 12, through page 32, line 13), substitute the
following, and renumber the subsequent sections of Rule 3
appropriately:
[Sec. 12. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. The committee shall have
seven members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:
[(1) commerce, trade, and manufacturing;
[(2) economic and industrial development;
[(3) job creation and job-training programs;
[(4) hours, wages, collective bargaining, and the
relationship between employers and employees;
[(5) unemployment compensation, including coverage,
benefits, taxes, and eligibility;
[(6) boiler inspection and safety standards and
regulation;
[(7) labor unions and their organization, control,
management, and administration;
[(8) weights and measures;
[(9) advances in science and technology, including
telecommunications, electronic technology, and automated data
processing;
[(10) the promotion of scientific research,
technological development, and technology transfer in the state;
[(11) matters relating to cooperation of state and
local governments with the scientific and technological community,
which includes industry, the universities, and federal
governmental laboratories; and
[(12) the following state agencies: the Texas
Economic Development and Tourism Office, the Texas Emerging
Technology Committee, the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas
Workforce Investment Council, and the Texas National Research
Laboratory Commission.]
(6) In Rule 3, Section 14 (Environmental Regulation),
strike Subdivision (4) (page 34, lines 1-2) and renumber the
subsequent subdivisions of the section appropriately.
(7) In Rule 3, Section 15 (Financial Services and Pensions),
strike "FINANCIAL SERVICES AND PENSIONS" and substitute "PENSIONS,
INVESTMENTS, AND FINANCIAL SERVICES" (page 34, line 8).
(8) In Rule 3, Section 26 (Natural Resources), on page 43,
line 15, strike "nine" and substitute "11 [nine]".
(9) In Rule 3, Section 26 (Natural Resources), strike
Subdivision (5) (page 44, lines 1-2) and renumber the subsequent
subdivisions of the section appropriately.
(10) In Rule 3, strike Section 31 (State Affairs) (page 48,
line 2, through page 49, line 14) and substitute the following:
Sec. 31 [37]. STATE AFFAIRS. The committee shall have 15
[nine] members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:
(1) questions and matters of state policy;
(2) the administration of state government;
(3) the organization, operation, powers, regulation,
and management of state departments, [and] agencies, and
institutions;
(4) the operation and regulation of public lands and
state buildings;
(5) [the organization, regulation, operation, and
management of state institutions;
[(6)] the duties and conduct of officers and employees
of the state government;
(6) [(7) the regulation of the residential
construction industry;
[(8)] the operation of state government and its
agencies and departments; all of above except where jurisdiction is
specifically granted to some other standing committee;
(7) [(9)] access of the state agencies to scientific
and technological information; and
(8) [(10)] the following state agencies: the Council
of State Governments, the National Conference of State
Legislatures, the [Governor's] Office of the Governor, the Texas
Facilities [Building and Procurement] Commission, the Department
of Information Resources, the Inaugural Endowment Fund Committee,
the Texas Incentive and Productivity Commission, the Sunset
Advisory Commission, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and
the Office of Public Utility Counsel [and the Texas Residential
Construction Commission].
(11) In Rule 3, strike Section 32 (Technology and Workforce
Training) (page 49, line 15, through page 50, line 2), and
substitute the following:
Sec. 32. TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND WORKFORCE.
The committee shall have nine members, with jurisdiction over all
matters pertaining to:
(1) advances in science and technology, including in
telecommunications, electronic technology, and automated data
processing;
(2) the promotion of scientific research,
technological development, and technology transfer in the state;
(3) matters relating to cooperation of state and local
governments with the scientific and technological community,
including industry, institutions of higher education, and federal
governmental laboratories;
(4) workforce training;
(5) commerce, trade, and manufacturing;
(6) economic and industrial development;
(7) job creation and job-training programs;
(8) hours, wages, collective bargaining, and the
relationship between employers and employees;
(9) unemployment compensation, including coverage,
benefits, taxes, and eligibility;
(10) boiler inspection and safety standards and
regulation;
(11) labor unions and their organization, control,
management, and administration;
(12) weights and measures; and
(13) the following state agencies: the Texas Economic
Development and Tourism Office, the Texas Workforce Commission, the
Texas Workforce Investment Council, and the Texas Emerging
Technology Advisory Committee.
(12) In Rule 3, Section 34 (Urban Affairs), Subdivision (7)
(page 51, line 14), strike "the power of eminent domain,
annexation, and".
(13) In Rule 4, Section 4(b), between "Appropriations" and
"may not serve" (page 55, line 25), insert "or the Committee on
State Affairs".
(14) In Rule 6, Section 16(f) (page 119, line 16), strike
"may" and substitute "shall [may]".
(15) In Rule 7, in added Section 37(c) (page 136, lines
23-24), strike "at any legislative stage".
(16) In Rule 13, in added Section 5A, between "the speaker"
and "may return the bill or resolution" (page 174, line 19), insert
", with the permission of the primary author of the bill or
resolution,".