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Amend HB 556 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTIONS to the bill and by renumbering the existing SECTIONS as 
appropriate:
	SECTION ____.  The heading to Section 31.009, Election Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 31.009.  DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN [FEDERAL] FUNDS. 
	SECTION ____.  Section 31.009(a), Election Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  If federal funds are made available to assist the state 
in the administration of elections, including assistance for the 
phasing out or prohibition of the use of punch-card ballot voting 
systems in this state, or state funds are made available to 
reimburse political subdivisions for expenses incurred in 
conducting a special election that is held statewide, the secretary 
of state shall administer and distribute the funds as appropriate 
to most effectively facilitate the purposes for which the funds are 
made available.
	SECTION ____.  This Act takes effect immediately if it 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate 
effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of 
the legislative session.