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Amend CSSB 1 as follows:
Add the following appropriately numbered rider in Article 12
following the special provisions regarding appropriations under
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:
____. Legal Services Victim Assistance Grants. Out of the
funds appropriated in Item 1, Byrne Justice Assistance Grants
(JAG), to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor,
$6.5 million in fiscal year 2010 and $6.5 million in fiscal year
2011 of those funds shall be directed for grants to nonprofit
programs that provide basic civil legal services to assist indigent
individuals that have been victims of domestic violence, sexual
assault, or human trafficking. The Office of the Governor may enter
into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Supreme Court of Texas
for the administration, and monitoring of Legal Services grants to
assist crime victims.