Amend CSSB 987 as follows:
      (1)  Add a new Section 6 to read as follows:
      "SECTION 6.  Notwithstanding Article 56.54(b), Code of
Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act, on September 1, 1997,
the comptroller shall transfer $650,000 from the compensation to
victims of crime fund established under Subchapter B, Chapter 56,
Code of Criminal Procedure, to an account in the state treasury to
be known as the DNA Testing Fund.  Money in the DNA Testing Fund
may be appropriated only to the University of North Texas for:
            (1)  the purchase of equipment and machinery, including
software and hardware, the principal function of which is the
testing of DNA, the processing or delivery of DNA test results, the
retrieval or extraction of DNA samples, or any other laboratory DNA
analysis, used in the investigation of crimes or the identification
of crime victims; or
            (2)  the hiring of personnel for administering the DNA
testing program."
      (2)  Renumber the other sections of the bill accordingly.
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