Amend HB 3736 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subdivision (1), Section 576.001, Government Code (page 1, line 33), strike "gain." and substitute "gain, if the pecuniary gain accrued to the individual as a member of a class of persons, including an occupation, profession, or industry, to a greater extent than any other member of the class."
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 576.001, Government Code (page 1, between lines 41 and 42), insert the following:
(3) "Rule" means all or part of a statement of a state agency that is of general or particular applicability and of future effect designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy for the state agency or to describe the organization, procedure, or practice requirements of the state agency.
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 576.001, Government Code, strike "(3)" (page 1, line 42) and substitute "(4)".
(4) In SECTION 1 of the bill, following added Section 576.005, Government Code (page 2, between lines 22 and 23), insert the following:
Sec. 576.006. EXEMPTION. This chapter does not apply to:
(1) the consideration of a proposed rule; or
(2) a vote to adopt a proposed rule.