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Amend CSSB 1 in Article I of the bill, following the appropriations to the Trusteed Programs Within the Office of the Governor (page I-55), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider and renumbering subsequent riders accordingly:
____. Report on Driving While Intoxicated. (a) Out of the amounts appropriated above in Strategy A.1.3, Criminal Justice, the office of the governor shall conduct a study on driving while intoxicated, including:
(1)  monitoring and analyzing data collected in this state relating to driving fatalities involving intoxicated drivers and automatic driver's license suspensions for driving while intoxicated offenses; and
(2)  monitoring and analyzing the laws and programs of other states that have been successful in reducing the number of driving while intoxicated offenses committed in those states.
(b)  Based on the study conducted under Subsection (a), the office of the governor shall develop a plan to collaborate with the Texas Department of Transportation, the Department of Public Safety, and the Department of State Health Services to reduce alcoholism and recidivism and the number of driving while intoxicated offenses committed in this state.
(c)  Not later than January 1, 2015, the office of the governor shall submit to the legislature a report of the study conducted under Subsection (a) and the plan developed under Subsection (b). The report must:
(1)  include an evaluation of the efficacy of laws and programs designed to reduce the number of driving while intoxicated offenses in this state and in other states; and
(2)  recommend legislation relating to the prevention of driving while intoxicated in this state.