Amend CSHB 275 (house committee printing) by striking lines 13 through 17 and substituting the following:

(b)  This Act:

(1)  takes effect only if it receives a vote of three-fifths of the members present in each house of the legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(k), Article III, Texas Constitution, and is subject to certification by the comptroller of public accounts as provided by that subsection; and

(2)  is contingent on the enactment by the legislature and the becoming law of a general appropriations bill for the 2012-2013 biennium that makes an appropriation to the Foundation School Program in an amount equal to or greater than the amount necessary to fully fund the school finance formulas in Chapters 41 and 42, Education Code, as that law existed on January 1, 2011. If a general appropriations bill described by this subdivision does not become law, this Act has no effect.