Amend HB 4144 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subchapter D, Chapter 607, Government Code, as follows:
(1) In the subchapter heading (page 1, line 31), between "BY" and "RETIRED", insert "CERTAIN".
(2) Strike Section 607.151(3), Government Code (page 1, lines 39-40), and renumber subsequent subdivisions accordingly.
(3) Immediately after Section 607.151, Government Code (page 1, between lines 42 and 43), insert the following appropriately numbered section and renumber subsequent sections accordingly:
Sec. 607.___. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to a firefighter or peace officer who retires from a fire department or law enforcement agency with at least 50 firefighters or peace officers, respectively.
(4) In Section 607.152(a), Government Code (page 1, line 45), strike "governmental entity" and substitute "political subdivision".
(5) In Section 607.152(a), Government Code (page 1, line 46), strike "from the entity" and substitute "from the political subdivision".
(6) In Section 607.152(c), Government Code (page 1, line 57), strike "governmental entity" and substitute "political subdivision".
(7) In Section 607.152(e), Government Code (page 2, line 4), strike "governmental entity" and substitute "political subdivision".
(8) In Section 607.152(e), Government Code (page 2, lines 5-6), strike "from the entity" and substitute "from the political subdivision".
(9) In Section 607.152(e), Government Code (page 2, line 7), strike "the entity provided" and substitute "the political subdivision provided".