Amend HB 257 by adding the following:

SECTION 1.  Section 1(c), Chapter 286 (HB 4765), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is amended to read as follows:

(c)  This [If this section takes effect, this] section expires December 31, 2013 [2011].

SECTION 2.  Section 2(b), Chapter 286 (HB 4765), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  This section takes effect January 1, 2014 [2012, if HB 2154, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, amends Section 155.0211, Tax Code, in a manner that results in an increase in the revenue from the tax under that section during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2009, that is attributable to that change, and that Act is enacted and becomes law. If HB 2154, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, does not amend Section 155.0211, Tax Code, in that manner or is not enacted or does not become law, this section takes effect January 1, 2010].

SECTION 3.  Section 3(b), Chapter 286 (HB 4765), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  This section takes effect January 1, 2014 [2012, if HB 2154, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, amends Section 155.0211, Tax Code, in a manner that results in an increase in the revenue from the tax under that section during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2009, that is attributable to that change, and that Act is enacted and becomes law. If HB 2154, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, does not amend Section 155.0211, Tax Code, in that manner or is not enacted or does not become law, this section takes effect January 1, 2010].

SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect only if HB 3790, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, results in an increase in the revenue collected from state taxes imposed during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2011, that is attributable to the changes provided by that Act, and that Act is enacted and becomes law. If HB 3790, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, does not result in an increase in the revenue collected from state taxes imposed or is not enacted or does not become law, this Act has no effect.

SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2011.