Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) in Article IX of the bill by adding the following appropriately numbered rider in Article IX of the bill:

Sec.____.____.  For the purposes of Section 391.0117(b), Local Government Code, the state salary schedules for classified positions for a council of government serving less than 250 participating governmental units are the salary schedules set out above. For a council of government serving more than 250 participating governmental units, the state salary schedules for classified positions are the salary schedules adopted by the council for classified positions that were effective on August 31, 2009, as adjusted annually for inflation (1) for each year since their adoption and (2) for each fiscal year for which this Act makes appropriations.