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Amend CSSB 2288 (Senate committee printing) in SECTION 3 of
the bill as follows:
(1) In added Section 2306.307(a), Government Code (page 3,
line 53), between "agricultural workers" and the underlined comma,
insert "and their families".
(2) In added Section 2306.307, Government Code (page 3,
lines 57-58), strike Subsection (b) and substitute the following:
(b) The office may designate as a pilot project a housing
initiative implemented under this section for agricultural workers
and their families.
(3) In added Section 2306.307, Government Code (page 4,
between lines 2 and 3), insert the following new subsection:
(e) In this section, "agricultural worker":
(1) means a person who receives a substantial portion
of income from employment that involves:
(A) the primary production of agricultural or
aquacultural commodities; or
(B) the handling of agricultural or aquacultural
commodities in an unprocessed state, including handling those
commodities in a feedlot or a meat processing plant; and
(2) includes a person who is retired or disabled but
was employed as described by Subdivision (1) at the time of that
person's retirement or disablement.
(4) Strike added Section 2306.308(b), Government Code (page
4, lines 9-12), and substitute the following:
(b) Using existing resources, the department shall create a
statewide community development corporation charged with
developing, acquiring, and rehabilitating housing facilities in
appropriate areas in the state for agricultural workers and their
families.
(5) In added Section 2306.308, Government Code (page 4,
between lines 23 and 24), insert the following new subsection:
(e) In this section, "agricultural worker":
(1) means a person who receives a substantial portion
of income from employment that involves:
(A) the primary production of agricultural or
aquacultural commodities; or
(B) the handling of agricultural or aquacultural
commodities in an unprocessed state, including handling those
commodities in a feedlot or a meat processing plant; and
(2) includes a person who is retired or disabled but
was employed as described by Subdivision (1) at the time of that
person's retirement or disablement.