Amend HB 194 (house committee printing) by inserting the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  (a) The change in law made by this Act may not be implemented by a state agency unless a declaratory judgment is obtained by the comptroller or the attorney general that determines that the change in law is not:

(1)  a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; or

(2)  preempted by federal law, including the following laws, if applicable:

(A)  15 U.S.C. Section 631 et seq.;

(B)  13 C.F.R. Parts 124 and 134; and

(C)  49 C.F.R. Part 26.

(b)  Until a declaratory judgment described by Subsection (a) of this section is obtained, the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act is continued in effect.