Amend SB 38 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 4, line 9, strike "three" and substitute "seven [three]".

(2)  On page 4, lines 10 through 12, strike ", unless the parties have contracted for a shorter or longer notice period in a written lease or agreement" and substitute "[, unless the parties have contracted for a shorter or longer notice period in a written lease or agreement]".

(3)  On page 4, line 15, strike "either a notice to pay rent or vacate or a notice to vacate" and substitute "a notice to pay rent or vacate".

(4)  On page 5, strike lines 8 through 15 and substitute the following:

(1)  the notice period in [,] a notice to pay rent or vacate under Subsection (a) may, at the landlord's discretion, run concurrently with [not be given until] the period provided for the tenant to respond to the notice of proposed eviction; and

(2)  the notice to pay rent or vacate may include the required opportunity to respond to the notice of proposed eviction [notice has expired].