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 "$100
million" and substitute "$_____".