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Floor Packet Page No. 106
Amend CSSB 1 on page IV-23 of the bill by striking rider 14
and substituting the following:
14. ACTUAL INNOCENCE PROJECTS. Out of amounts appropriated
above in Strategy A.2.1, Indigent Defense, $500,000 in each year of
the biennium from the General Revenue-Dedicated Fair Defense
Account No. 5073 shall be used by the Task Force on Indigent Defense
to contract with The University of Texas at Arlington and the law
schools at the University of Houston, The University of Texas,
Texas Tech University, and Texas Southern University for innocence
projects. It is the intent of the Legislature that the amount of
each contract with each university shall be $100,000. Any
unexpended balances in the $500,000 in funds designated for
innocence projects as of August 31, 2006, are hereby appropriated
to Strategy A.2.1, Indigent Defense for the same purpose for the
fiscal year beginning September 1, 2006.