Amend CSSB 1588 (Senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  AMENDMENT OF SECTION 403.095, GOVERNMENT CODE, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2013. Effective September 1, 2013, Subsections (b), (d), and (e), Section 403.095, Government Code, are amended to read as follows:

(b)  Notwithstanding any law dedicating or setting aside revenue for a particular purpose or entity, dedicated revenues that, on August 31, 2015 [2011], are estimated to exceed the amount appropriated by the General Appropriations Act or other laws enacted by the 83rd [81st] Legislature, to a maximum amount of 200 percent of the amount of those appropriations, are available for general governmental purposes and are considered available for the purpose of certification under Section 403.121.

(d)  Following certification of the General Appropriations Act and other appropriations measures enacted by the 83rd [81st] Legislature, the comptroller shall reduce each dedicated account as directed by the legislature by an amount that may not exceed the lesser of the amount equal to 200 percent of the appropriations made by that legislature from the account and the amount by which estimated revenues to the account and unobligated balances of the account exceed appropriations from the account. The reductions may be made in the amounts and at the times necessary for cash flow considerations to allow all the dedicated accounts to maintain adequate cash balances to transact routine business. The legislature may authorize, in the General Appropriations Act, the temporary delay of the excess balance reduction required under this subsection. This subsection does not apply to revenues or balances in:

(1)  funds outside the treasury;

(2)  trust funds, which for purposes of this section include funds that may or are required to be used in whole or in part for the acquisition, development, construction, or maintenance of state and local government infrastructures, recreational facilities, or natural resource conservation facilities;

(3)  funds created by the constitution or a court; or

(4)  funds for which separate accounting is required by federal law.

(e)  This section expires on September 1, 2015 [2011].