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	Amend HB 2785 as follows:                                                    
	(1) On page 1, strike lines 4 and 5 and substitute the 
following:            
	SECTION 1. Section 42.2516, Education Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a-1) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as 
follows:
	(2) On page 1, line 10, between "percent." and "[This", 
insert the following:
	(a-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a-1), for the state fiscal 
year ending August 31, 2008, or a subsequent state fiscal year, the 
state compression percentage may be less than 66.67 percent only if 
sufficient state funds to achieve that compression percentage are 
available and appropriated from the property tax relief fund 
established under Section 403.109, Government Code, and the 
commissioner may not use funds appropriated from the general 
revenue fund to achieve that lesser compression percentage.