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.