Amend CSHB 29 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike the introductory clause to SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, lines 22-24) and substitute the following:
Section 51.352, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), (d), and (e) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), (a-3), (a-4), and (a-5) to read as follows:
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 51.352(a-2), Education Code (page 1, line 59), strike "employment, or personal or familial financial" and substitute "employment, personal financial, or familial financial".
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Section 51.352(a-4), Education Code (page 2, lines 9-19), and substitute the following:
(a-4) A member of the governing board of an institution of higher education is prohibited from voting on a budgetary or personnel matter related to system administration or institutions of higher education until the member attends a training program that provides instruction in ethics, conflict-of-interest law, and the role of a governing board in a higher education institution or system and that is conducted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, by the system office of a university system, or by the office of a governing board that does not govern a university system. A governing board is responsible for maintaining records of each board member's attendance of a training program described by this subsection.
(4) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Section 51.352(a-6), Education Code (page 2, lines 25-33).
(5) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 51.352(d)(1), Education Code (page 2, line 42), between "and" and "consulting", insert "if applicable the chancellor of the university system and after".
(6) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber the other SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Section 103.03, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 103.03. BOARD MEMBERS: APPOINTMENT, TERMS, OATH. Members of the board shall be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate. Members hold office for staggered terms of six years, with the terms of three members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. Any vacancy that occurs on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment of the governor. Each member of the board shall take the constitutional oath of office.
(b) The change in law made by this section does not apply to a member of the board of regents of Midwestern State University who serves all or part of a full term of office if that full term begins before September 1, 2013. To implement the change in law made by this section to Section 103.03, Education Code, the terms of office of members of the board that begin in 2014 expire on February 1, 2019, the terms of office of members of the board that begin in 2016 expire on February 1, 2021, and the terms of office of members of the board that begin in 2018 expire on February 1, 2023.
SECTION ____. (a) Section 105.052, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 105.052. TERM OF OFFICE; REMOVAL; VACANCY. The term of office of each regent is six years, with the terms of three regents expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year [every two years]. Members of the board may be removed from office for inefficiency or malfeasance of office. Any vacancy that occurs on the board shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term.
(b) The change in law made by this section does not apply to a member of the board of regents of the University of North Texas System who serves all or part of a full term of office if that full term begins before September 1, 2013. To implement the change in law made by this section to Section 105.052, Education Code, the terms of office of members of the board that begin in 2015 expire on February 1, 2021, the terms of office of members of the board that begin in 2017 expire on February 1, 2023, and the terms of office of members of the board that begin in 2019 expire on February 1, 2025.
SECTION ____. (a) Section 111.12, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 111.12. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD; TERMS. Members of the board are appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The term of office of each regent shall be six years, with the terms of three regents expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year [except that in making the first appointments the governor shall appoint three members for six years, three members for four years, and three members for two years]. Any vacancy that occurs on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment of the governor.
(b) The change in law made by this section does not apply to a member of the board of regents of the University of Houston System who serves all or part of a full term of office if that full term begins before August 26, 2013. To implement the change in law made by this section to Section 111.12, Education Code, the terms of office of members of the board that begin in 2013 expire on February 1, 2019, the terms of office of members of the board that begin in 2015 expire on February 1, 2021, and the terms of office of members of the board that begin in 2017 expire on February 1, 2023.
(7) In SECTION 7 of the bill, in the language providing the effective date (page 4, line 38), strike "September 1, 2013" and substitute "August 26, 2013".