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	Amend CSHB 13 (house committee printing) as follows:                         
	(1)  Strike SECTION 8 of the bill and substitute the 
following:              
	SECTION 8.  Section 421.072, Government Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  The State Office of Homeland Security, with the advice 
of the Border Security Council, [office of the governor] shall:
		(1)  allocate available federal and state grants and 
other funding related to homeland security to state and local 
agencies and defense base development authorities created under 
Chapter 379B, Local Government Code, that perform homeland security 
activities;
		(2)  periodically review the grants and other funding 
for appropriateness and compliance;
		(3)  designate state administering agencies to 
administer all grants and other funding to the state related to 
homeland security; and
		(4)  measure the effectiveness of the homeland security 
grants and other funding.
	(d) In allocating grants and other funds to law 
enforcement entities for border security purposes under Subsection 
(a), the State Office of Homeland Security shall consider:
		(1)  the portion of the Texas-Mexico border for which 
the entity has jurisdiction; and
		(2)  the extent to which the entity provides law 
enforcement services along the border.