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Amend SB 51 as follows:                                                      
	(1)  At the end of SECTION 2 of the bill (committee printing 
page 1, line 38) add the following:

The number of full-time equivalent positions (FTE) indicated in the 
Department of Public Safety's bill pattern is increased by 28 
during the biennium.
	(2)  Strike SECTION 3 of the bill (committee printing page 1, 
lines 39-46) and substitute:
	SECTION 3.  Revenue generated under Section 502.1715, 
Transportation Code, as added by House Bill 3588, Acts of the 78th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, may be used by the Department 
of Public Safety to make lease payments to the Master Lease Purchase 
Program to accomplish the driver's license reengineering project 
and the liability insurance feasibility study.
	(3)  In SECTION 1 of the bill (committee printing page 1, 
line 29), strike "22" and replace with "11."
	(4)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the 
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 502.1715(b), Transportation Code, as 
added by H.B. No. 3588, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  Prior to August 31, 2005, fees collected under this 
subchapter shall be deposited to the credit of the state highway 
fund.  The [Subject to appropriation, the] money shall be used by 
the Department of Public Safety to:
(1)  support the Department of Public Safety's 
reengineering of the driver's license system to provide for the 
issuance by the Department of Public Safety of a driver's license or 
personal identification certificate, not to include use of 
biometric information; [and]
(2)  establish and maintain a system to support the 
driver responsibility program under Chapter 708; and
(3)  conduct the feasibility study authorized by 
Section 601.450.