Amend HB 1804 on third reading by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 12.1058(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  An open-enrollment charter school is considered to be:

(1)  a local government for purposes of Chapter 791, Government Code;

(2)  a local government for purposes of Chapter 2259, Government Code, except that an open-enrollment charter school may not issue public securities as provided by Section 2259.031(b), Government Code;

(3)  a political subdivision for purposes of Chapter 172, Local Government Code; [and]

(4)  a local governmental entity for purposes of Subchapter I, Chapter 271, Local Government Code; and

(5)  a political subdivision for purposes of Section 180.008, Local Government Code.