Amend the Zerwas page 96 amendment to CSSB 1811 by adding the following:

( ) Insert an appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ____.  UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH: USE OF PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED HURRICANE RECOVERY FUNDS

SECTION ____.01. From the amounts previously appropriated to The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) by Section 55, Chapter 1409 (HB 4586), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, and notwithstanding Section 55(c) of that chapter, UTMB may use up to $17,000,000 for hurricane recovery costs not directly matched by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) but necessary to complete projects for which FEMA only matches or pays for a portion.

SECTION ____.02. This article takes effect immediately if this Act 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 article takes effect September 1, 2011.