Amend CSHB 1 in Article XI of the bill following the 
appropriations to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 
(page XI-22) by adding the following rider:
	Allotment for Junior College District Tax Base Decline.  In 
addition to the amounts appropriated above to the Texas Higher 
Education Coordinating Board, there is appropriated to the Texas 
Higher Education Coordinating Board from the general revenue fund 
in each year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, an 
amount sufficient to provide each junior college district located 
in the Texas-Louisiana border region as defined by Section 
2056.002, Government Code, in each fiscal year of that biennium an 
amount equal to the amount computed by applying the district's ad 
valorem tax rate for the 2006 tax year to the greater of:
		(1)  the amount, if any, by which the total taxable 
value of property in the district in the tax year that ends in the 
applicable fiscal year is reduced from the total taxable value of 
property in the district in the 2006 tax year; or
		(2)  the amount, if any, by which the total taxable 
value of mineral interests in the district in the tax year that ends 
in the applicable fiscal year is reduced from the total taxable 
value of mineral interests in the district in the 2006 tax year.