Amend CSSB 1291 (Senate committee printing), in SECTION 1 of the bill, as follows:

(1) At the end of added Section 401.252(a), Insurance Code (page 1, line 39), add:

The commissioner shall approve a budget under this subsection not later than August 31 of the year in which the associate commissioner submits the budget to the commissioner.

(2) Strike added Sections 401.252(b) and (c), Insurance Code (page 1, lines 40-51).

(3) In added Section 401.252(e)(2), Insurance Code (page 1, line 62), strike "Subsection (b)" and substitute "this section".

(4) Reletter subsections of added Section 401.252, Insurance Code, appropriately.