Floor Packet Page No. 185                                                   

	
Amend CSSB 1, Article IX, Sec. 8.11, on Page IX-49, to read as 
follows:    
	Sec. 8.11. Appropriation of Receipts: Credit, Charge, or 
Debit Card Service Fees.  Any fee receipts assessed by an agency for 
the use of a credit, charge, or debit card for the payment of a fee, 
tax, penalty, or other charge authorized by law are appropriated to 
that agency from the fund to which the fee was deposited for the 
purpose of paying the costs associated with receiving the payment.  
Any cost recovery fees, excluding subscription fees as defined in 
Subchapter I, Chapter 2054, Government Code, approved by the 
TexasOnline Authority as authorized under Chapter 2054, Government 
Code, are hereby appropriated to that agency from the fund to which 
the fee was deposited for the purpose of paying the costs associated 
with implementing and maintaining electronic services.  Any 
unexpended balances from credit, charge, or debit card processing 
or convenience fees remaining at the end of the fiscal biennium 
ending August 31, 2005, are reappropriated to the assessing agency 
from the agency from the fund to which the fee was deposited for the 
same purposes for the fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2005.