Amend CSHB 586 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 114.002, Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 1, line 49), between "contract" and the period, insert ", in which the amount in controversy is not less than $250,000, excluding penalties, costs, expenses, pre-judgment interest, and attorney fees".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill (page 2, lines 55-60), strike added Section 114.012, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and substitute the following:
Sec. 114.012. EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. A claim to which this chapter applies may not be brought under Chapter 2260, Government Code, against the state or a unit of state government as defined by Section 2260.001, Government Code.