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	Amend SB 2298 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
as appropriate:
	SECTION ____.  Section 51.962, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f)  This subsection applies to an employee employed by the 
institution of higher education for more than six months.  The 
requirement that six months elapse between merit salary increases 
prescribed by Subsection (e) does not apply to a one-time merit 
payment if the chief administrative officer of the institution of 
higher education determines in writing that the one-time merit 
payment is made in relation to the employee's performance during a 
natural disaster or other extraordinary circumstance.