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	Amend Amendment No. 269 by Vaught to CSSB 1 (page 177 of the 
amendment packet) by striking the text of the amendment and 
substituting the following:
	Amend CSSB 1 in Article IV of the bill by adding the following 
appropriately numbered rider following the appropriations to the 
Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council:
	____.  Contingency Appropriation for HB 3892.  (a)  This 
rider is contingent on the enactment of HB 3892 or similar 
legislation by the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, that 
becomes law, providing compensation and benefits to a retired judge 
appointed as a multidistrict litigation pretrial judge.
	(b)  Out of amounts appropriated above in Strategy A.1.1, 
Court Administration, $33,000 for each fiscal year of the biennium 
is transferred to the Article IV, Strategy A.1.1 (District Judges), 
appropriation for the Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department, 
for the purpose of paying salary and benefits for a judge presiding 
over certain multidistrict litigation cases as provided by Chapter 
90, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, in accordance with HB 3892.
	(b)  Out of amounts appropriated above in Strategy A.1.2, 
Court Administration, $125,500 for each fiscal year of the biennium 
is transferred to the Article IV, Strategy A.1.1 (District Judges), 
appropriation for the Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department, 
for the purpose of paying salary and benefits for a judge presiding 
over certain multidistrict litigation cases, as provided by Chapter 
90, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,  in accordance with HB 3892.