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Amend CSHB 7 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 7.01 of the bill, in added Section 421.112(2), Government Code (page 13, line 14), following the underlined semicolon, strike "and".
(2) In SECTION 7.01 of the bill, in added Section 421.112, Government Code, strike added Subdivision (3) (page 13, lines 15 through 18) and substitute the following:
(3) the payment of staff salaries and benefits and the payment of operational expenses related to providing law enforcement services, emergency services, detention services, and court administration services;
(4) the construction and maintenance of temporary border security infrastructure, including temporary walls, barriers, fences, wires, trenches, surveillance technology, or other improvements, designed or adapted to surveil or impede the movement of persons or objects across the Texas-Mexico border at locations other than ports of entry; and
(5) any other activity that the office determines necessary to address offenses that are committed in the border region or are related to transnational criminal activity.
(3) In SECTION 7.01 of the bill, following added Section 421.112, Government Code (page 13, between lines 18 and 19), insert the following:
Sec. 421.113. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. Unless otherwise provided by the appropriation, the office may use a reasonable amount, not to exceed five percent, of any funds appropriated for purposes of this subchapter to pay the costs of administering this subchapter.