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Amend CSHB 10 as follows:
(1) Strike SECTION 17 of the bill (Senate committee
printing, page 3, lines 38 through 54) and substitute the
following:
SECTION 17. APPROPRIATION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION FUND;
CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR HOUSE BILL 1765 (EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
FUND). (a) The appropriation made by this subsection is contingent
on the enactment by the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, of
H.B. No. 1765 or similar legislation that becomes law for funding
emerging technology industries through a Texas Emerging Technology
Fund administered as a trusteed program within the office of the
governor. If the actual amounts transferred to the Economic
Stabilization Fund during the state fiscal biennium beginning
September 1, 2005, exceed the amount that the comptroller estimated
would be transferred to the Economic Stabilization Fund during that
biennium:
(1) the first $100,000,000 by which the amounts
transferred to the Economic Stabilization Fund during the state
fiscal biennium exceed the amount of the comptroller's estimate is
appropriated out of the Economic Stabilization Fund during the
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2005, to the trusteed
program within the office of the governor for deposit into the Texas
Emerging Technology Fund in accordance with the legislation
creating the technology fund and is appropriated for the biennium
for expenditure for the purposes and under the procedures
prescribed by the legislation creating the technology fund;
(2) the next $100,000,000 by which the amounts
transferred to the Economic Stabilization Fund during the state
fiscal biennium exceed the amount of the comptroller's estimate is
appropriated out of the Economic Stabilization Fund during the
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2005, for deposit into
the Higher Education Fund for use in accordance with Section 17(i),
Article VII, Texas Constitution; and
(3) the next $25,000,000 by which the amounts
transferred to the Economic Stabilization Fund during the state
fiscal biennium exceed the amount of the comptroller's estimate is
appropriated out of the Economic Stabilization Fund during the
state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2006, for equitable
allocation to the agencies and institutions eligible to receive a
portion of the annual appropriation made under Section 17(a),
Article VII, Texas Constitution, to be used by those agencies and
institutions for any purpose described by Section 17(a), Article
VII, Texas Constitution.
(b) If the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, does not
enact H.B. No. 1765 or similar legislation that becomes law for
funding emerging technology industries through a Texas Emerging
Technology Fund administered as a trusteed program within the
office of the governor, and if the actual amounts transferred to the
Economic Stabilization Fund during the state fiscal biennium
beginning September 1, 2005, exceed the amount that the comptroller
estimated would be transferred to the Economic Stabilization Fund
during that biennium:
(1) the first $100,000,000 by which the amounts
transferred to the Economic Stabilization Fund during the state
fiscal biennium exceed the amount of the comptroller's estimate is
appropriated out of the Economic Stabilization Fund during the
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2005, for deposit into
the Higher Education Fund for use in accordance with Section 17(i),
Article VII, Texas Constitution; and
(2) the next $25,000,000 by which the amounts
transferred to the Economic Stabilization Fund during the state
fiscal biennium exceed the amount of the comptroller's estimate is
appropriated out of the Economic Stabilization Fund during the
state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2006, for equitable
allocation to the agencies and institutions eligible to receive a
portion of the annual appropriation made under Section 17(a),
Article VII, Texas Constitution, to be used by those agencies and
institutions for any purpose described by Section 17(a), Article
VII, Texas Constitution.
(c) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
equitably allocate among the eligible agencies and institutions the
amounts appropriated under Subsection (a)(3) or (b)(2) of this
section as the coordinating board considers appropriate to address
the needs of each institution or agency for additional resources to
acquire, construct, improve, repair, rehabilitate, and equip the
buildings, facilities, or other permanent improvements of the
institution or agency to the extent of their use for educational and
general activities, considering the amount that the agencies and
institutions will receive during the state fiscal biennium
beginning September 1, 2005, or in a subsequent biennium under the
formula established under Section 17(d), Article VII, Texas
Constitution.
(d) The comptroller's estimate described by this section is
the estimate made by the comptroller under Subsection (h), Section
49-g, Article III, Texas Constitution.
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to
the bill and renumber the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
SECTION ____. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE
CENTER: IRMA RANGEL SCHOOL OF PHARMACY. The amount of $10,000,000
is appropriated out of the general revenue fund to Texas A&M
University System Health Science Center for the state fiscal
biennium beginning September 1, 2005, to pay start-up costs and
operational, instructional, and infrastructure support costs
related to the Irma Rangel School of Pharmacy.
SECTION ____. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER:
MEDICAL SCHOOL IN EL PASO. The amount of $37,000,000 is
appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center for the state fiscal biennium
beginning September 1, 2005, to pay start-up costs and operational,
instructional, and infrastructure support costs related to a
four-year medical school in El Paso.