Amend SB 2 on third reading by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Contingent on legislation of the 82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, becoming law that is substantively similar to provisions of HB 2403, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, relating to retailers engaged in business in this state for purposes of sales and use taxes, in addition to the amounts appropriated by HB 1, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011 (the General Appropriations Act), there is appropriated to the Higher Education Coordinating Board, the amount of $2,685,000 in general revenue funds for each year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2013, for the purpose of providing additional funding for the biennium in the amount of $5,370,000 for Strategy B.1.13, TX Armed Services Scholarship Pgm, as designated by HB 1 in the appropriations to the coordination board.