Amend CSSB 715 (senate committee printing) as follows:

(1)  Strike SECTION 35 of the bill, adding transition language (page 11, lines 22-29).

(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill:

SECTION ___.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, the changes in law made by this Act do not apply to an annexation for which the first hearing notice required by former Section 43.0561 or 43.063, Local Government Code, as applicable, was published before the effective date of this Act. An annexation for which the first hearing notice described by this subsection was published before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

(b)  The changes in law made by this Act do not apply to an annexation of an area under an agreement authorized by former Section 43.0563, Local Government Code, that was approved before the effective date of this Act. An annexation described by this subsection is governed by the law in effect at the time the agreement was approved, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

(3)  Renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.