Amend SB 204 on third reading, in SECTION 10 of the bill (on page 5, between lines 20 and 21), by inserting a new Subsection (b-1) as follows:

(b-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b) of this section, if the implementation of Sections 1001.3035 and 1001.3535, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, requires the Texas Board of Professional Engineers or the Department of Public Safety to use the services of a third party to develop and implement a system for applicants for a license or renewal of a license to submit fingerprints, those sections do not take effect until the first day of the second month after the date the third party has fulfilled its duties or other applicable requirements necessary for the implementation of the system in compliance with the applicable contract between the third party and the Texas Board of Professional Engineers or the Department of Public Safety.