Amend CSHB 2826 as follows:
(1) On page 6, delete lines 3 through 13 and replace them with the following:
(b) Within 90 days after receiving a contract from a political subdivision, the attorney general may:
(1) approve the contract;
(2) refuse to approve the contract because the requirements of this subchapter were not fulfilled; or
(3) refuse to approve the contract because:
(A) the legal matter that is the subject of the contract presents one or more questions of law or fact that are in common with a matter the state has already addressed or is pursuing; and
(B) pursuit of the matter by the political subdivision will not promote the just and efficient resolution of the matter.
(2) On page 6, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following and renumber the remaining subsections accordingly:
(d) If the attorney general refuses to approve a contract under Subsection (b)(2), the attorney general shall specifically identify the provisions of this subchapter with which the contract fails to comply or the political subdivision failed to comply. Nothing in this section prohibits a political subdivision from correcting a failure to comply with this subchapter.
(e) If the attorney general refuses to approve a contract under Subsection (b)(3), the attorney general shall inform the political subdivision of the factual and legal basis for the decision.
(f) A political subdivision may contest the attorney general's refusal to approve the contract under Subsection (b)(3) in the manner provided for contested cases under Chapter 2001.
(g) The state office of administrative hearings shall establish procedures to govern a contest to the attorney general's refusal to approve a contract under Subsection (b)(3) and for in camera review and protection from disclosure of information excepted from disclosure under Chapter 552 in a contested case under this subsection.
(h) The refusal to approve a contract under Subsection (b)(3) is subject to substantial evidence judicial review as provided in Subchapter G, Chapter 2001.