Amend HB 1094 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 615.022, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 615.022.  PAYMENT TO SURVIVORS. (a) If there is an eligible surviving spouse, the state shall pay $500,000 [$250,000] to the eligible surviving spouse.

(b)  If there is no eligible surviving spouse, the state shall pay $500,000 [$250,000] in equal shares to surviving children.

(c)  If there is no eligible surviving spouse or child, the state shall pay $500,000 [$250,000] in equal shares to surviving parents.

SECTION ____.  Sections 615.023(a) and (b), Government Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a)  The state shall pay to the duly appointed or qualified guardian or other legal representative of an eligible surviving minor child:

(1)  $400 [$200] each month, if there is one surviving child;

(2)  $600 [$300] each month, if there are two surviving children; or

(3)  $800 [$400] each month, if there are three or more surviving children.

(b)  A child's entitlement to assistance payable under this section ends on the last day of the month that includes the child's 18th birthday. At that time, payments to any other surviving minor children shall be adjusted, as necessary, to conform to the amounts payable under Subsection (a).

SECTION ____.  The changes in law made by this Act to Sections 615.022 and 615.023, Government Code, apply in relation to a payment of assistance made to survivors of certain public servants on or after the effective date of this Act regardless of the date the death of the public servant occurs.