Amend CSHB 1675 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the bill as appropriate:

ARTICLE __. ENTITIES GIVEN 2015 SUNSET DATE

SECTION __.__. PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY. (a) Sections 9(a) and (d), Chapter 97, Acts of the 40th Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1927, as added by Section 1.10, Chapter 1232, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, are amended to read as follows:

(a)  The Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas, is subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were a state agency but may not be abolished under that chapter. The review shall be conducted as if the authority were scheduled to be abolished September 1, 2015 [2013].

(d)  This section expires September 1, 2015 [2013].

(b)  Section 9, Chapter 97, Acts of the 40th Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1927, as added by Section 22, Chapter 1027, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is repealed.

(c)  This section takes effect only if the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, does not enact other legislation that becomes law and that amends or repeals Sections 9(a) and (d), Chapter 97, Acts of the 40th Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1927, as added by Section 1.10, Chapter 1232, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011. If the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, enacts legislation of that kind, this section has no effect.