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Amend CSSB 522 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 22 of the bill, in added Section 81.035, Local Government Code (page 8, line 55), immediately after the section heading, insert "(a)".
(2) In SECTION 22 of the bill, immediately following added Section 81.035, Local Government Code (page 8, between lines 63 and 64), insert the following:
(b) A county may not use public funds or tax revenue to pay for the services of a certifying official, except that the county may pay for those services with money deducted from the county clerk's wages or from the budget of the county clerk's office.