Amend CSSB 2368 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 39.151(g-7), Utilities Code, as added by Chapter 464 (S.B. 2013), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is redesignated as Section 39.151(g-8), Utilities Code, and amended to read as follows:
(g-8) [(g-7)] To maintain certification as an independent organization under this section, the organization must:
(1) identify all employee positions in the organization that are critical to the security of the electric grid; and
(2) before hiring a person for a position described by Subdivision (1), obtain:
(A) from the Department of Public Safety or a private vendor, criminal history record information relating to the prospective employee and any other background information considered necessary by the independent organization or required by the commission; and
(B) from the prospective employee, an attestation regarding:
(i) any former travel by the prospective employee to a country described by Section 117.002(a)(2)(A)(i), Business & Commerce Code; and
(ii) any relationship between the prospective employee and a foreign governmental entity or foreign political organization.