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Floor Packet Page No. 2                                                     

	
Amend CSHB 1 as follows:                                                     
	(1) On Page I-23, under Rider 25 in the bill pattern for the 
Building and Procurement Commission strike, "Provide Support to 
State Agencies-Office Services, Fleet Management and Surplus 
Property Needs" and substitute "Surplus Property Management";
	(2) On Page I-33, under Rider 3 in the bill pattern for the 
Fiscal Programs-Comptroller of Public Accounts strike, "Parts 2" 
and substitute "Parts 1";
	(3) On Page I-33, under Rider 4 in the bill pattern for the 
Fiscal Programs-Comptroller of Public Accounts for each occurrence 
strike, "Part 2" and substitute "Part 1";
	(4) On Page I-41, under Rider 5 at the end of the paragraph 
"b" in the bill pattern of the Employees Retirement System strike "; 
and" an substitute a period;
	(5) On page I-42, under "A.Goal", before "A.1.1. Strategy" in 
the bill pattern of the Texas Ethics Commission, strike "within 60 
Working Days" and substitute "within 90 Working Days";
	(6) On page I-72, in the bill pattern of the Preservation 
Board, strike the line
	"Number of Full-Time-Equivalent Positions (FTE) - Total     
208.5     208.5" 

and substitute                                                                
	"Number of Full-Time-Equivalent Positions (FTE) - Total     
218.5     218.5";
	(7) On Page II-59 in the bill pattern for the Department of 
Human Services make a method of finance change by increasing the 
earned federal funds in each fiscal year of the biennium by $7.1 
million and decreasing the GR Match for Medicaid by $7.1 million in 
each fiscal year of the biennium, and under the Method of Financing:
	(A) strike the line                                                            
	"GR Match for Medicaid     1,386,393,616     1,309,126,916"                    

and substitute the line                                                       
	"GR Match for Medicaid     1,379,293,616     1,302,026,916";                   

and                                                                           
	(B) add a line stating                                                         
	"Earned Federal Funds              7,100,000           7,100,000";             
	(8) On page III-55 of the bill pattern for Texas Higher 
Education Coordinating Board strike "and all balances from the 
institution's allocation from the amounts available for 
distribution out of the Permanent Health Fund for Higher Education" 
in subsection (b) of rider 45;
	(9) On Page III-55, in the bill pattern for the Texas Higher 
Education Coordinating Board, add the following rider:
	"48. Minority Doctoral Incentive Program. Out of the funds 
appropriated to the Minority Doctoral Incentive Program in SB 1, 
Seventy-seventh Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, for the 
biennium ending August 31, 2003, $137,304 is hereby appropriated 
for the biennium ending August 31, 2005.";
	(10) On page III-214 at the end of Sec. 48 under Special 
Provisions Relating Only to State Agencies of Higher Education add 
the following:
	"Amounts available for distribution or investment returns in 
excess of the amounts estimated above are also appropriated.  In the 
event that amounts available for distribution or investment returns 
are less than the amounts estimated above, this Act may not be 
construed as appropriating funds to makeup the difference.
	All balances of estimated appropriations from the 
institution's allocation from the amounts available for 
distribution out of the Permanent Health Fund for Higher Education, 
except for any General Revenue, at the close of the fiscal year 
ending August 31, 2003, and the income to said fund during the 
fiscal years beginning September 1, 2003, are hereby appropriated.  
Any unexpended appropriations made above as of August 31, 2004, are 
hereby appropriated for the same purposes for fiscal year 2005.";
	(11) On Page VI-33, under Rider 15 in the bill pattern of the 
Parks and Wildlife Department:
	(A) strike "$33,000" and substitute "$66,650";                                 
	(B) strike "$66,650" and substitute "$33,000"; and                             
	(C) strike "for the biennium" and substitute "in each fiscal 
year";          
	(12) On Page VI-49, under Rider 11 in the bill pattern of the 
Water Development Board strike "as of August 31, 2004, in the 
appropriation made above out of" and substitute "in";
	(13) On Page VII-5, under Rider 2 in the bill pattern for the 
Texas Department of Economic Development, strike "statue" and 
substitute "statute";
	(14) On page VII-23, in the in the first line of text of Rider 
7 in the bill pattern of the Office of Rural Community Affairs, 
between "out" and "the" insert "of";
	(15) On Page VIII-66, under Rider 3 in the bill pattern of the 
Texas Real Estate Commission, strike the phrase "VTCS, Article 
6573a.2, § 13" and strike the phrase "§ 13 of VTCS, Article 6573a.2" 
and substitute for each phrase "§ 1103.156, Occupations Code";
	(16) On Page IX-2:                                                             
	(A) strike "0137     Secretary IV     A10";                                    
	(B) after "0150 Administrative Assistant" add "I";                             
	(C) after "0152 Administrative Assistant" add "II";                            
	(D) after "0154 Administrative Assistant" add "III";                           
	(E) after "0156 Administrative Assistant" add "IV";                            
	(17) On Page IX-7 strike                                                       
	"2082     Right of Way Agent II     B8"                                        

and substitute                                                                
	"2082     Right of Way Agent II     B6                                         
	"2084     Right of Way Agent III     B8"                                       
	(18) On Page IX-11 after "Benefit Review Officer" strike 
"II";               
	(19) On Page IX-73, under Sec. 11.14(a)(2) strike "for agency 
operations" and substitute "to pay operating costs such as those 
relating to Workers Compensation Assessments and the Statewide 
Allocation Plan".