Amend SB 601 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike added Section 434.0061(d), Government Code (page 1, lines 46-52), and substitute the following:
(d) The executive director of the commission shall create a training manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b). The executive director shall distribute a copy of the training manual annually to each member of the commission. Each member of the commission shall sign and submit to the executive director a statement acknowledging that the member received and has reviewed the training manual.
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, Section 434.0061, Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies to a member of the Texas Veterans Commission who is appointed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
(b) A member of the Texas Veterans Commission who, before the effective date of this Act, completed the training program required by Section 434.0061, Government Code, as that law existed before the effective date of this Act, is required to complete additional training only on subjects added by this Act to the training program as required by Section 434.0061, Government Code, as amended by this Act. A commission member described by this subsection may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the commission held on or after December 1, 2019, until the member completes the additional training.