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	Amend SB 408 (house committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  (a)  Section 82.003, Civil Practice and 
Remedies Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as 
follows:
	(c)  If after service on a nonresident manufacturer through 
the secretary of state in the manner prescribed by Subchapter C, 
Chapter 17, the manufacturer fails to answer or otherwise make an 
appearance in the time required by law, it is conclusively presumed 
for the purposes of Subsection (a)(7)(B) that the manufacturer is 
not subject to the jurisdiction of the court unless the seller is 
able to secure personal jurisdiction over the manufacturer in the 
action.
	(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
change in law made by this section applies to an action filed on or 
after the effective date of this Act or pending on the effective 
date of this Act.