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Amend CSSB 200 (senate committee report) in ARTICLE 3 of the bill as follows:
(1)  In SECTION 3.02(a), amending Section 531.012, Government Code (page 31, lines 44-46), strike Subdivisions (11), (12), and (13), and substitute the following:
(11)  protective services; and
(12)  prevention efforts.
(2)  Strike SECTION 3.23, amending Section 535.051(c), Government Code (page 40, lines 31-38).
(3)  Strike SECTION 3.25, amending Section 535.106(b), Government Code (page 41, lines 2-16).
(4)  In SECTION 3.45(a), strike Subdivisions (24), (25), and (26), repealing Sections 535.053, 535.054, and 535.055, Government Code (page 46, lines 9-11), respectively, substitute the following appropriately numbered subdivision, and renumber subsequent subdivisions of the SECTION accordingly:
(  )  Section 535.055(f);
(5)  In SECTION 3.46, strike Subdivisions (12) (page 46, lines 61-62) and (27) (page 47, line 19) and renumber subsequent subdivisions of the SECTION accordingly.
(6)  Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the ARTICLE:
SECTION 3.___. Section 535.053, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a)  The interagency coordinating group for faith- and community-based initiatives is composed of each faith- and community-based liaison designated under Section 535.051 and a liaison from the State Commission on National and Community Service.  [The commission shall provide administrative support to the interagency coordinating group.]
(a-1)  Service on the interagency coordinating group is an additional duty of the office or position held by each person designated as a liaison under Section 531.051(b). The state agencies described by Section 535.051(b) shall provide administrative support for the interagency coordinating group as coordinated by the presiding officer.
SECTION 3.___. Sections 535.055(a) and (b), Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a)  The Texas Nonprofit Council is established to help direct the interagency coordinating group in carrying out the group's duties under this section.  The state agencies of the interagency coordinating group described by Section 531.051(b) [commission] shall provide administrative support to the council as coordinated by the presiding officer of the interagency coordinating group.
(b)  The governor [executive commissioner], in consultation with the presiding officer of the interagency coordinating group, shall appoint as members of the council two representatives from each of the following groups and entities to represent each group's and entity's appropriate sector:
(1)  statewide nonprofit organizations;
(2)  local governments;
(3)  faith-based groups, at least one of which must be a statewide interfaith group;
(4)  community-based groups;
(5)  consultants to nonprofit corporations; and
(6)  statewide associations of nonprofit organizations.
(7)  Renumber SECTIONS of ARTICLE 3 of the bill appropriately.