Amend HB 347 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 4.01 of the bill adding transition language as follows:

(1)  In Subsection (a) (page 7, line 3), strike "Subsection (b)" and substitute "Subsections (b) and (c)".

(2)  Immediately after Subsection (b) (page 7, between lines 20 and 21), add the following:

(c)  Until the fourth anniversary of the date that final judgment in an action described by this subsection is rendered, the changes in law made by this Act do not apply to an annexation of an area described by this subsection, and an annexation of an area described by this subsection is governed by Chapter 43, Local Government Code, as it existed on January 1, 2019. This subsection applies only to an area that is:

(1)  wholly located in a county that:

(A)  borders the Gulf of Mexico; and

(B)  contains an international border; and

(2)  proposed to be annexed by a municipality that is a named party in an action:

(A)  involving issues of fact or law relating to the annexation; and

(B)  commenced before January 1, 2019.