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	Amend SB 1044 (House Committee Printing) as follows:                         
	(1)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 33.653, 
Natural Resources Code (page 4, lines 13-14), strike Subsection (b) 
and substitute the following:
	(b)  The fund consists of:                                              
		(1)  gifts and grants; and                                             
		(2)  appropriations of money to the fund by the 
legislature.         
	(2)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 33.654, 
Natural Resources Code (page 4, line 26, through page 5, line 4), 
strike Subsection (a) and substitute the following:
	(a)  The coastal protection and improvement fund shall be 
used only to make a qualified payment to a coastal county sponsoring 
a qualified project under this subchapter.
	(3)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 33.654, 
Natural Resources Code (page 5, lines 13-22), strike Subsections 
(d) and (e).
	(4)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Subsection (b), 
Section 33.655, Natural Resources Code (page 5, line 27), strike 
"or equalization payment under Section 33.659".
	(5)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in Section 33.656, Natural 
Resources Code (page 6, line 4), strike "(a)".
	(6)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Subdivision (5), 
Subsection (a), Section 33.656, Natural Resources Code (page 6, 
line 15), strike "except as provided by Subsection (b),".
	(7)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 33.656, 
Natural Resources Code (page 6, lines 17-18), strike Subsection 
(b).
	(8)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike added Section 33.659, 
Natural Resources Code (page 8, line 12, through page 9, line 1), 
and renumber subsequent sections in added Subchapter I, Natural 
Resources Code, accordingly.
	(9)  Strike SECTION 3 of the bill (page 11, line 15, through 
page 12, line 12) and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly.
	(10)  In SECTION 4 of the bill (page 12, line 13), strike "The 
Commissioner" and substitute "To the extent money is available, the 
Commissioner".