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Amend CSSB 1 as follows:
Add the following appropriately numbered rider in Article XII of the bill following the special provisions regarding
appropriations under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:
Sec. ____. Legal Services Victim Assistance Grants. Using
the funds appropriated in Item 1, Byrne Justice Assistance Grants
(JAG), to the Trusteed Programs Within the Office of the Governor,
$13 million in fiscal year 2010 of those funds shall be directed for
grants to nonprofit programs that provide basic civil legal
services to assist indigent individuals who 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.