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Amend CSSB 1, as follows:
(1) On page XI-14, under the heading of the Department of
Public Safety, add the following: Rider and Funding: Helicopter in Wise County 2010-11$5,989,993
Language for Rider and Funding: Helicopter in Wise County
Add the following appropriately numbered rider following the
appropriations to the Department of Public Safety of the State of
Texas:
____. Helicopter. (a) In addition to other amounts
appropriated by this Act to the Department of Public Safety of the
State of Texas:
(1) the amount of $4,284,032 is appropriated out of the
general revenue fund 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
Decatur; and
(2) the amount of $1,020,251 for the state fiscal year
beginning September 1, 2009, and $685,710 for the state fiscal year
beginning September 1, 2010, is appropriated out of the general
revenue 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.
(b) The "Number of Full Time Equivalents" (FTEs) in the
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas bill pattern is
increased by 3.0 FTE in the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2009,
and in the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2010.