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	Amend CSHB 62 by striking all below the enacting clause and 

substituting the following:

	SECTION 1.  (a)  In addition to other amounts appropriated by 

the 79th Legislature, the amount of @291,088,189 is appropriated 

from the state textbook fund to the Texas Education Agency for the 

fiscal year beginning September 1, 2005, for the purchase of public 

school textbooks for those grade levels specified by State Board of 

Education Proclamation 2002, for the following subjects, and not to 

exceed the following amounts:

		(1)  Languages Other than English - $40,773,895;                              

		(2)  American Sign Language - $257,071;                                       

		(3)  Health Education - $107,001,442; and                                     

		(4)  Fine Arts - $143,055,781.                                                

	(b)  For the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2006, the 

unexpended balance of the appropriation made by Subsection (a) of 

this section is appropriated to the Texas Education Agency for the 

purpose stated in Subsection (a) of this section.

	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a 

vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 

Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 

legislative session.