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Amend HB 4031 (engrossed version) by adding the following 
appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering 
subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 22.004(c), Agriculture Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(c)  Money in the account may be appropriated only to the 
department for the purpose of implementing, [and] maintaining, and 
administering the agricultural biomass and landfill diversion 
incentive program.
	SECTION ____.  The heading to Section 22.005, Agriculture 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 22.005.  LIMITATION ON GRANT AMOUNT; SCHEDULE OF 
PAYMENTS.       
	SECTION ____.  Section 22.005, Agriculture Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  On a determination that money in the agricultural 
biomass and landfill diversion incentive account is insufficient to 
pay reimbursements under Section 22.003 or grants under Section 
22.006, the department, in consultation with interested parties, 
may develop a proportionate and equitable schedule to pay the 
reimbursements or grants.  In developing a schedule to pay 
reimbursements or grants under this subsection, the department may 
consider a facility's:
		(1)  effect on wages and job creation or job retention;                
		(2)  level of capital investment; and                                  
		(3)  effect on the local economy and the economy of this 
state.