Amend SB 1596 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter C, Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 775.045 to read as follows:
Sec. 775.045. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS. Notwithstanding any other law:
(1) Section 1301.551(i), Occupations Code, applies to a district as if the district were a municipality; and
(2) Section 233.062, Local Government Code, applies to a district as if the district were in an unincorporated area of a county.