Amend CSHB 1, in Article V, under the appropriation to the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice, by adding the following
appropriately numbered rider on page V-24:
      __.  (a)  In addition to other appropriations made by this
Act, all amounts deposited to the credit of the private sector
prison industries account during the fiscal biennium ending August
31, 1999, are appropriated for that period to the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice for the purpose of paying the costs of the
Private Sector Prison Industries Oversight Authority and the
department in implementing Subchapter C, Chapter 497, Government
Code.
      (b)  This rider takes effect only if HB 1301, 75th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, or another bill that creates
the Private Sector Prison Industries Oversight Authority is enacted
and becomes law.  If HB 1301 or the other bill described by this
subsection does not become law, this rider has no effect.