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	Amend CSSB 1 in Article XI of the bill by adding the following 
appropriately numbered rider following the appropriations to the 
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs:
	____.  Contingent Transfer of Appropriated Amounts:  
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Grant Program.  Contingent 
on HB 955, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, 
relating to expanding the capacity of volunteer income tax 
assistance programs, or similar legislation being enacted and 
becoming law, the comptroller of public accounts shall transfer to 
the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs from funds 
appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission in Goal D, 
Encourage Self Sufficiency, for Strategy D.1.1, TANF (Cash 
Assistance) Grants (page II-73), an amount for the state fiscal 
year beginning September 1, 2009, equal to 0.5 percent of the funds 
appropriated for that year for that strategy, and an amount for the 
state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2010, equal to 0.5 percent 
of the funds appropriated for that year for that strategy.  The 
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs shall use the 
transferred funds to implement HB 955, Acts of the 81st 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, or similar legislation that is 
enacted and becomes law.