Amend CSSB 616 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 5 of the bill and renumber the SECTIONS of that article accordingly:

SECTION 5.____. Section 1702.028, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1702.028.  [PER DIEM;] REIMBURSEMENT.  [(a) A board member is entitled to a per diem as set by legislative appropriation for each day the member engages in the business of the board.

[(b)] A committee member may not receive compensation for service on the advisory committee but is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary [travel] expenses incurred in performing the functions as a member of the committee, subject to [while conducting board business, including expenses for transportation, meals, and lodging, as prescribed by] the General Appropriations Act.

(2)  On page 103, strike line 19 and renumber the subdivisions of the subsection accordingly.