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Amend CSHB 4345 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 9, strike "or volunteer" and substitute ", volunteer, or independent contractor".
(2) On page 1, line 10, between "faith" and "is", insert ",".
(3) On page 1, strike lines 13-14 and substitute the following:
about an allegation that an individual who was employed by or served as a volunteer or independent contractor for the charitable organization or its associated charitable organizations:
(4) On page 1, line 18, strike "otherwise".
(5) On page 1, lines 18-19, strike "Chapter 21 or 43, Penal Code" and substitute the following:
any of the following provisions of the Penal Code:
(A) Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) (sex trafficking of persons);
(B) Section 20A.03 (continuous trafficking of persons), if based partly or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8);
(C) Section 22.011 (sexual assault) or 22.021 (aggravated sexual assault); or
(D) Chapter 21 (sexual offenses) or 43 (public indecency)
(6) On page 1, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following appropriately lettered subsection and reletter subsequent subsections and cross-references to those subsections accordingly:
(____) Immunity from civil liability under Subsection (a) applies in relation to an allegation described by that subsection that was required to have been reported as abuse under Chapter 261, Family Code, only if the allegation has been, at the time of the act to disclose, previously reported to an appropriate agency under Section 261.103, Family Code.
(7) On page 2, lines 3-4, strike "Chapter 21 or 43, Penal Code" and substitute the following:
any of the following provisions of the Penal Code:
(i) Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) (sex trafficking of persons);
(ii) Section 20A.03 (continuous trafficking of persons), if based partly or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8);
(iii) Section 22.011 (sexual assault) or 22.021 (aggravated sexual assault); or
(iv) Chapter 21 (sexual offenses) or 43 (public indecency)