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Amend CSHB 3 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                         
	(1)  In Section 154.021(b), Tax Code, as amended by SECTION 
6A.01 of the substitute (page 49, line 8), strike "$58" and 
substitute "$70.50".

	(2)  In Part A of Article 6 of the substitute, insert the 
following appropriately numbered section to read as follows and 
renumber subsequent sections accordingly:
	SECTION 6A.____.  Section 154.603, Tax Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 154.603.  DISPOSITION OF REVENUE.  (a)  After the 
deductions for the purposes provided by Section 154.602 [of this 
code], the revenue remaining of the first $2 of tax received per 
1,000 cigarettes for cigarettes weighing three pounds or less per 
thousand and the first $4.10 per 1,000 cigarettes of the tax 
received for cigarettes weighing more than three pounds per 
thousand is allocated:
		(1)  18.75 percent to the foundation school fund; and                         
		(2)  81.25 percent to the general revenue fund.                               
	(b)  The revenue remaining after the deductions for the 
purposes provided by Section 154.602 [of this code] and allocation 
under Subsection (a) shall be deposited as follows:
		(1)  the next $20 of tax received per 1,000 cigarettes 
for cigarettes weighing three pounds or less per thousand and the 
next $20 per 1,000 cigarettes of the tax received for cigarettes 
weighing more than three pounds per thousand shall be deposited to 
the credit of the Lone Star Card sales tax reimbursement account in 
the general revenue fund and may be appropriated only to the Health 
and Human Services Commission to reimburse persons who receive 
financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, or 
Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, for estimated taxes paid under 
Chapter 151; and
		(2)  the remaining revenue shall be deposited to the 
credit of [of this section is allocated to] the general revenue 
fund.
	(3)  In Section 151.433(b), Tax Code, as added by SECTION 
5A.03 of the substitute (page 43, lines 34 and 35), strike "20 
percent" and substitute "_____ percent".
	(4)  In Section 151.433(g), Tax Code, as added by SECTION 
5A.03 of the substitute (page 44, lines 6 and 7), strike "$100 
million" and substitute "$_____".