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Amend CSSB 666 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                       
	(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 113.029(a), 
Property Code (page 1, between lines 21 and 22), insert the 
following subdivision:
		(3)  "Trust administration" means the grant-making 
function of the trust.
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 113.029(b), 
Property Code (page 1, line 24), strike "municipality or county" 
and substitute "location".
	(3)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 113.029(b), 
Property Code (page 1, lines 24 through 26), strike the colon and 
Subdivisions (1) and (2) and substitute the following:

the trust administration takes place from a location in this state 
to a location outside this state.
	(4)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 113.029(c), 
Property Code (page 1, lines 27 and 28), strike "determines that the 
municipality or county" and substitute "decides to change the 
location".
	(5)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 113.029(c), 
Property Code (page 1, lines 28 through 30), strike "or the trust 
property is situated must be changed to prevent the charitable 
purposes of the trust from being frustrated" and substitute "from a 
location in this state to a location outside this state".
	(6)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 
113.029(c)(1)(A), Property Code (page 1, lines 33 and 34), strike 
"or the trust property".
	(7)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 
113.029(c)(1)(B), Property Code (page 1, lines 35 and 36), strike 
"if the settlor approves a new location in writing,".
	(8)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 
113.029(c)(1)(B), Property Code (page 1, lines 36 and 37), strike 
"under Subsection (d)".
	(9)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 
113.029(c)(2)(B), Property Code (page 1, line 41), strike "under 
Subsection (d)".
	(10)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 113.029, 
Property Code, strike Subsections (d), (e), and (f) (page 1, line 
42, through page 2, line 15) and substitute the following:
	(d)  The trustee may file an action in the district court or 
statutory probate court in which the trust was created seeking a 
court order authorizing the trustee to change the location in which 
the trust is administered to a location outside this state.  The 
court may exercise its equitable powers to effectuate the original 
purpose of the trust.
	(e)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the location in 
which the administration of the trust takes place may not be changed 
to a location outside this state unless:
		(1)  the charitable purposes of the trust cannot be 
adequately fulfilled unless the trust administration is moved; and
		(2)  a district court or statutory probate court 
authorizes the relocation.
	(f)  The attorney general may bring an action to enforce the 
provisions of this section.  If a trustee of a charitable trust 
fails to comply with the provisions of this section, the district 
court or statutory probate court in the county in which the trust 
administration was originally located may remove the trustee and 
appoint a new trustee.  Costs of a proceeding to remove a trustee, 
including reasonable attorney's fees, may be assessed against the 
removed trustee.  This provision is in addition to and does not 
supersede the provisions of Chapter 123.
	(11)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 113.029(g), 
Property Code (page 2, lines 17 through 19), strike "The proceeds of 
real estate sold by a charitable trust must be situated at the same 
location as other money owned by the trust."
	(12)  In SECTIONS 2 and 3 of the bill (page 2, lines 23 and 
24, lines 25 and 26, line 27, line 29, and line 30), strike "January 
1, 2010" wherever it appears and substitute "September 1, 2009".