Amend CSHB 4180 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 79.014(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  The board members serve staggered terms of six [two] years, with one or two members' terms expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year [and three members' terms expiring February 1 of each even-numbered year].

SECTION ____.  The members of the board of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission serving on the effective date of this Act may draw lots or use another method to determine the members who shall serve terms that expire on February 1, 2023, the members who shall serve terms that expire on February 1, 2021, and the members who shall serve terms that expire on February 1, 2019. The members of the board appointed to succeed the members serving on the effective date of this Act shall serve six-year terms.