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	Amend CSSB 1 in Article XI of the bill by adding the following 
appropriately numbered rider following the special provisions for 
Article IV (page XI-13):
	____.  Appropriation for Salary Increase for Certain State 
Judges and Justices.  (a)  As used in this section, "salary 
increase" means a three percent increase in annual salary to begin 
on September 1, 2009.
	(b)  The Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department, is 
appropriated out of the general revenue fund the amount necessary 
to fund a salary increase described by Subsection (a) of this 
Section to the judges and justices of the Texas Supreme Court, the 
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the courts of appeals, and the 
district courts.
	(c)  Any increase in the employee benefits costs associated 
with the salary increase described above must be paid only out of 
the appropriations made above in Subsection (b) of this Section.
	(d)  The Comptroller of Public Accounts may adopt rules as 
necessary to administer this Section.  Funds appropriated in this 
Section must be allocated to each agency, and to the appropriate 
employee benefit appropriation items, in accordance with such rules 
and may be used only for the purpose of providing a salary increase 
and paying associated employee benefit costs.