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	Amend CSHB 3097 (House committee printing) as follows:                       

(1)  On page 1, line 21, after the semicolon, strike "and".
	(2)  On page 1, line 22, strike "." and substitute "; and".      
	(3)  On page 1, between lines 22 and 23, insert:                               
		"(4)  Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes."                             
	(4)  Strike PART R of ARTICLE 2 of the bill (page 24, line 1 
through page 28, line 25) and substitute the following:

PART R.  AUTOMOBILE BURGLARY AND THEFT PREVENTION AUTHORITY
	SECTION 2R.01.  Section 1(3), Article 4413(37), Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
		(3)  "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor 
Vehicles [Transportation].
	SECTION 2R.02.  Section 2, Article 4413(37), Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 2.  The Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention 
Authority is a division [established] in the Texas Department of 
Motor Vehicles [Transportation].  [The authority is not an advisory 
body to the Texas Department of Transportation.]
	SECTION 2R.03.  Section 6, Article 4413(37), Revised 
Statutes, is amended by adding Subsections (j) and (k) to read as 
follows:
	(j)  In addition to any report required under Subsection (i), 
each year the authority shall prepare and submit an annual 
financial report in the form and manner required of a state agency 
by Section 2101.011, Government Code.
	(k)  The authority may not make a grant of appropriated funds 
unless the grant application is submitted to and approved by the 
governor, or a person in the office of the governor designated by 
the governor.
	SECTION 2R.04.  Section 8, Article 4413(37), Revised 
Statutes, is amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as 
follows:
	(d)  Money received by the authority under this article shall 
be sent to the comptroller for deposit in a separate account in the 
treasury.
	(e)  As part of the appropriation process the legislature 
shall determine and in the General Appropriations Act the 
legislature shall specify the amount of money the authority may use 
to make grants or provide financial assistance under this article 
during each of the state fiscal years covered by the General 
Appropriations Act.
	(5)  Strike SECTION 4.02 of the bill (page 80, line 13 
through page 81, line 2) and substitute the following:
	SECTION 4.02.  (a)  All powers, duties, obligations, and 
rights of action of the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention 
Authority Office of the Texas Department of Transportation under 
Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, are transferred to the 
Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority Division of the 
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, and all powers, duties, 
obligations, and rights of action of the Texas Transportation 
Commission in connection or associated with the Automobile Burglary 
and Theft Prevention Authority Office of the Texas Department of 
Transportation are transferred to the board of the Texas Department 
of Motor Vehicles on November 1, 2009.
	(b)  In connection with the transfers required by Subsection 
(a) of this section, the personnel, furniture, computers, other 
property and equipment, files, and related materials used by the 
Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority Office of the 
Texas Department of Transportation are transferred to the 
Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority Division of the 
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
	(c)  The Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority 
Division of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shall continue 
any proceeding involving the Automobile Burglary and Theft 
Prevention Authority Office of the Texas Department of 
Transportation that was brought before the effective date of this 
Act in accordance with the law in effect on the date the proceeding 
was brought, and the former law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.
	(d)  A certificate, license, document, permit, registration, 
or other authorization issued by the Automobile Burglary and Theft 
Prevention Authority Office of the Texas Department of 
Transportation that is in effect on the effective date of this Act 
remains valid for the period for which it was issued unless 
suspended or revoked by the Automobile Burglary and Theft 
Prevention Authority Division of the Texas Department of Motor 
Vehicles.
	(e)  A rule adopted by the Automobile Burglary and Theft 
Prevention Authority Office of the Texas Department of 
Transportation, the Texas Transportation Commission, or the 
director of the Texas Department of Transportation in connection 
with or relating to the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention 
Authority Office of that department continues in effect until it is 
amended or repealed by the board of the Texas Department of Motor 
Vehicles or the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority 
Division of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, as applicable.
	(f)  The unobligated and unexpended balance of any 
appropriations made to the Texas Department of Transportation in 
connection with or relating to the Automobile Burglary and Theft 
Prevention Authority Office of that department for the state fiscal 
biennium ending August 31, 2009, is transferred and reappropriated 
to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles for the purpose of 
implementing the powers, duties, obligations, and rights of action 
transferred to that department under Subsection (a) of this 
section.