Amend SB 1313 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 5.102(b), Business Organizations Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  Subsection (a) does not apply if the other entity or the person for whom the name is reserved or registered, as appropriate, provides to the secretary of state a notarized written statement of the entity's or person's consent [consents in writing] to the subsequent reservation of the similar name.

SECTION ____.  Section 5.153(b), Business Organizations Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  Subsection (a) does not apply if:

(1)  the other entity or the person for whom the name is reserved or registered, as appropriate, provides to the secretary of state a notarized written statement of the entity's or person's consent [consents in writing] to the registration of the similar name; or

(2)  the applicant is a bank, trust company, savings association, or insurance company that has been in continuous existence from a date that precedes the date the conflicting name is filed with the secretary of state.