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Amend CSSB 1 as follows:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered rider under the Article V appropriations to the Department of Public Safety of
the State of Texas:
____. Helicopter. (a) Out of the amounts collected under
federal forfeiture programs that are appropriated in Rider 8, the
amount of $4,284,032 is appropriated to the Department of Public
Safety of the State of Texas for the state fiscal year beginning
September 1, 2009, for the purpose of purchasing one helicopter to
be stationed in Longview.
(b) The amount of $521,198 for the state fiscal year
beginning September 1, 2009, and $355,375 for the state fiscal year
beginning September 1, 2010, is appropriated out of the state
highway fund to the Department of Public Safety of the State of
Texas for two additional pilot investigator positions and one
tactical flight officer position, related equipment and expenses,
and operating costs for the helicopter.
(2) In Article V of the bill, following the appropriations
to the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, in Rider
50 (page V-52), make the following changes in Subsection (f):
(A) Strike "$3,622,980" and substitute
"$3,101,782".
(B) Strike "$3,030,428" and substitute
"$2,675,053".
(3) Adjust totals, method of financing, and Full Time
Equivalents (FTEs) accordingly.