Amend CSHB 5 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 16, strike lines 1-5 and substitute the following:
(b) The council is composed of the following nine members:
(1) three members of the public appointed by the governor;
(2) three members of the public appointed by the lieutenant governor; and
(3) three members of the public appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(b-1) To be eligible for appointment to the council, a person must have demonstrated an interest in and knowledge of problems and available services related to the functions of the department.
(2) On page 16, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:
(h) A person may not be a member of the council if the person or the person's spouse:
(1) is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization receiving money from the department;
(2) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, an interest in a business entity or other organization receiving money from the department; or
(3) uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible goods, services, or money from the department.
(i) A person appointed to the council shall disclose to the department each political contribution to a candidate for a state or federal office of $1,000 or more made by the person in the five years preceding the person's appointment and each year after the person's appointment until the person's term expires. The department annually shall post a report of the political contributions made by council members on the department's publicly accessible Internet website and post a link to the report on the council's main Internet web page.