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	Amend CSSB 1016 (house committee report) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to Article 9 of the bill 
and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that article accordingly:
	SECTION 9.____.  Subsection (a), Section 11.005, 
Agriculture Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  To be eligible for election as commissioner or 
appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of commissioner, a 
person must:
		(1)  have worked, for at least five years preceding the 
calendar year in which the person is elected or appointed to the 
person's initial term, in the livestock industry, in the grain 
industry, or for the Texas Agricultural Council or another 
agricultural producer association; and
		(2)  meet at least one of the following qualifications:                
			(A)  have been engaged, for at least five of the 10 
years preceding the year in which the person is elected or appointed 
to the person's initial term, in the business of agriculture;
			(B) [(2)]  have worked, for the five-year period 
preceding the calendar year in which the person is elected or 
appointed to the person's initial term, for a state or federal 
agency in a position directly related to agriculture; or
			(C) [(3)]  have owned or operated, for at least 
five of the 10 years preceding the year in which the person is 
elected or appointed to the person's initial term, farm, ranch, or 
timber land that qualifies for agricultural use appraisal under 
Subchapter C, Chapter 23, Tax Code, and be participating, in the 
calendar year in which the person is elected or appointed to the 
person's initial term, in a farm program administered by the 
federal Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.