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Amend CSHB 5 as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1.02 of the bill, in proposed Section
41.404(a), Education Code, strike "Notwithstanding any other
provision of this subtitle," and substitute "Notwithstanding any
other provision of this subtitle, but subject to the limitations
prescribed by Subsections (b) and (c)
(b) Each year, the commissioner shall determine for each
school district whether the amount of state aid to which the
district is entitled under Section 41.402(c) is less than the
amount specified under Subsection (a). If the amount of state aid
under Section 41.402(c) is less, the commissioner shall provide
additional state aid in an amount equal to:
(1) 100 percent of the difference for the 2004-2005,
2005-2006, and 2006-2007 school years;
(2) 75 percent of the difference for the 2007-2008
school year;
(3) 50 percent of the difference for the 2008-2009
school year; and
(4) 25 percent of the difference for the 2009-2010
school year.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(2), (3), or (4), if the
portion of the difference not provided to a district under that
subsection exceeds the amount that the district may obtain by
imposing an enrichment tax under Section 42.003 at half the maximum
enrichment tax rate for the applicable school year, including any
state aid that the district may obtain under Chapter 42 in
connection with that tax, the commissioner shall provide additional
state aid so that the portion of the difference not provided to the
district equals the amount the district may raise by imposing the
enrichment tax described by this subsection.
(d) Additional state aid under this section shall be funded
from general revenue and designated in a separate line item in the
General Appropriations Act.
(e) A determination by the commissioner under this section
is final and may not be appealed.
(f) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this
section.
(g) This section expires September 1, 2010.