Amend CSSB 2 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Basic Civil Legal Services and Indigent Defense. In addition to amounts appropriated in HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General Appropriations Act):

(a)  The amounts of $8,783,784 in state fiscal year 2012 and $8,783,783 in state fiscal year 2013 are appropriated to the Supreme Court of Texas from the general revenue fund for basic civil legal services for the same purposes as provided by Strategy B.1.1. of the appropriations to the supreme court in HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General Appropriations Act); and

(b)  The amounts of $2,437,944 in state fiscal year 2012 and $5,175,887 in state fiscal year 2013 are appropriated to the Office of Court Administration from the General Revenue-Dedicated Fair Defense Account No. 5073 to restore grants to counties ($2,350,894 in state fiscal year 2012 and $5,088,837 in state fiscal year 2013) and grant administration ($87,050 each state fiscal year) for the same purposes provided by Strategy A.2.1. of the appropriations to that office in HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General Appropriations Act). The agency's FTE cap shall be increased by 1.0 FTE for grant administration in each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium.