Amend CSSB 2 (house committee report) 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. (a) In addition to the amounts appropriated in HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General Appropriations Act), the following amounts are appropriated:

(1)  the amounts of $8,783,784 in the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2012, and $8,783,783 in the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2013, are appropriated from general revenue to the Supreme Court of Texas for Strategy B.1.1, Basic Civil Legal Services, as specified in HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011; and

(2)  the amounts of $2,437,944 in the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2012, and $5,175,887 in the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2013, are appropriated from the General Revenue-Dedicated Fair Defense Account No. 5073 to the Office of Court Administration for Strategy A.2.1, Indigent Defense, as specified in HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, allocated as follows:

(A)  the amounts of $2,350,894 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2012, and $5,088,837 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2013, to restore grants to counties; and

(B)  the amount of $87,050 for each year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, for administration of the grants, including for one FTE.

(b)  The maximum number of allowable FTEs for the Office of Court Administration as specified in HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is increased by 1 FTE for grant administration for each year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013.