Floor Packet Page No. 9                                                     

	
Amend CSHB 15 (house committee printing) as follows:                         

(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered new SECTION to 	the bill:       
	SECTION ____. (a)  In addition to other amounts appropriated 
for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2009, that may be 
used for these purposes, the amount of $13,100,000 is appropriated 
out of the general revenue fund to The University of Texas Medical 
Branch at Galveston for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 
2009, to reimburse the institution for nonreimbursed losses 
resulting from interruptions in services and operations caused by 
Hurricane Rita.
	(b)  It is the intent of the legislature that The University 
of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston use the money appropriated by 
Subsection (a) of this section in equal amounts in each fiscal year 
of the state fiscal biennium for which the money is appropriated.
	(2)  In SECTION 8 of the bill (page 4, line 13), strike 
"$12,847,069" and substitute "$6,847,069".
	(3)  Strike SECTIONS 10 and 19 of the bill.                                    
	(4)  Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill and any 
cross-references to those SECTIONS accordingly.