Amend CSHB 40 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 44 of the bill, strike the final sentence of amended Section 25A.003(d), Government Code (page 9, lines 45 through 47), and substitute "[The division is abolished September 1, 2026, unless reauthorized by the legislature and funded through additional legislative appropriations.]".
(2) In SECTION 44 of the bill, strike the final sentences in each of amended Sections 25A.003(g), (h), (i), (k), and (l), Government Code, and substitute "[The division is abolished on September 1, 2026, unless reauthorized by the legislature and funded through additional legislative appropriations.]" in each of the following places:
(A) On page 9, lines 51 through 53;
(B) On page 9, lines 57 through 59;
(C) On page 9, lines 63 through 65;
(D) Page 9, line 69, through page 10, line 2; and
(E) On page 10, lines 6 through 8.
(3) In SECTION 68 of the bill, strike added Section 659.012(a-1), Government Code (page 18, lines 5 through 11), and substitute the following:
(a-1) In addition to the annual base salary from the state prescribed by Subsection (a), a judge of a division of the business court is entitled to an additional annual salary from the state in an amount equal to the difference between the judge's annual base salary from the state and the maximum combined base salary from all state and county sources paid to a district judge under Subsection (a).