Amend CSSB 8 (senate committee report) as follows:

(1)  Strike ARTICLE 2 of the bill (page 10, line 32, through page 20, line 19) and renumber subsequent ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.

(2)  In SECTION 3.002 of the bill, in the effective date provision (page 20, lines 25 and 26), strike "(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, this" and substitute "This".

(3)  In SECTION 3.002 of the bill, in the effective date provision (page 20, line 31), strike Subsection (b) of that SECTION.