Amend CSHB 2499 (Senate committee printing) as follows:

(1)  Strike SECTIONS 5, 12, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 35 of the bill.

(2)  In SECTION 26 of the bill, in added Section 2157.0685, Government Code (page 10, lines 46, 47, 51, 53, 55, and 56), strike "comptroller" each time it appears and substitute "department".

(3)  In SECTION 26 of the bill, in added Section 2157.0685, Government Code (page 10, line 51), strike "comptroller's" and substitute "department's".

(4)  In SECTION 32 of the bill (page 11, lines 44 and 45), strike "Sections 2054.024(c), 2155.501(1), 2155.502(e), 2157.0611, and 2157.181(b), Government Code, are" and substitute "Section 2054.024(c), Government Code, is".

(5)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill:

SECTION ____.  (a) In this section:

(1)  "Commission" means the Sunset Advisory Commission.

(2)  "Department" means the Department of Information Resources.

(b)  Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), the commission shall study the cost-effectiveness of transferring to the comptroller the department's powers and duties related to the information and communications technology cooperative contracts program.

(c)  The commission is not required to conduct the study and make the report required by this section if the commission determines that the commission's workload requirements for the interim will limit its ability to conduct the study and make the report required by this section. If the commission makes this determination, the commission must notify the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the department of this determination not later than September 1, 2011.

(d)  If the commission makes the determination under Subsection (c), the department shall conduct the study and make the report required by this section. The department may contract with an independent contractor to conduct the study and make the report. The department shall pay for the study and report under this subsection.

(e)  Not later than September 1, 2012, the commission or department, as applicable, shall report in detail, including all costs and savings resulting from a transfer described by Subsection (b), the results of the study to:

(1)  the lieutenant governor;

(2)  the speaker of the house of representatives;

(3)  the chairs of the house and senate committees with primary oversight over the department;

(4)  the department, if the commission makes the report;

(5)  the governor; and

(6)  the comptroller.

(6)  Renumber the remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.