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Amend CSSB 1 on page IV-23 of the bill by striking rider 14 
and substituting the following:
	14.  ACTUAL INNOCENCE PROJECTS.  Out of amounts appropriated 
above in Strategy A.2.1, Indigent Defense, $500,000 in each year of 
the biennium from the General Revenue-Dedicated Fair Defense 
Account No. 5073 shall be used by the Task Force on Indigent Defense 
to contract with The University of Texas at Arlington and the law 
schools at the University of Houston, The University of Texas, 
Texas Tech University, and Texas Southern University for innocence 
projects. It is the intent of the Legislature that the amount of 
each contract with each university shall be $100,000. Any 
unexpended balances in the $500,000 in funds designated for 
innocence projects as of August 31, 2006, are hereby appropriated 
to Strategy A.2.1, Indigent Defense for the same purpose for the 
fiscal year beginning September 1, 2006.