Amend SB 44 on third reading, in SECTION 4 of the bill (house committee report) by striking line 6, page 3, and substituting with the following:

This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017.