Amend CSHB 11 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Sections 2054.504, 2054.505, and 2054.506, Government Code, are amended to read as follows:

Sec. 2054.504.  COUNCIL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The council shall:

(1)  at least quarterly, meet at the call of the presiding officer; and

(2)  conduct an interim study and make recommendations to the executive director regarding:

(A)  improving the infrastructure of this state's cybersecurity operations, including transnational security operations, with existing resources and through partnerships between government, business, and institutions of higher education; and

(B)  examining specific actions to accelerate the growth of cybersecurity as an industry in this state.

(b)  The council may request the assistance of state agencies, departments, or offices, including the Department of Public Safety, to carry out its duties.

Sec. 2054.505.  REPORT.  Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, [2012,] the council shall submit a report based on its findings to:

(1)  the executive director;

(2)  the governor;

(3)  the lieutenant governor;

(4)  the speaker of the house of representatives;

(5)  the higher education committees of the senate and house of representatives;

(6)  the senate committee having jurisdiction over economic development [Senate Committee on Economic Development];

(7)  the house committee having jurisdiction over technology [House Technology Committee]; and

(8)  the house committee having jurisdiction over economic and small business development [House Economic and Small Business Development Committee].

Sec. 2054.506.  EXPIRATION OF SUBCHAPTER.  This subchapter expires and the council is abolished September 1, 2019 [2015].