Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) in Article IV of the bill, following the Special Provisions - Judiciary, by adding the following appropriately numbered rider to the bill:

____.  Contingent Appropriation for HB 2502. (a) Contingent on the enactment of HB 2502 or similar legislation of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, relating to the fees collected by district court clerks on the filing of certain civil actions or proceedings to fund basic civil legal services, in addition to the other amounts appropriated in this Act, from the fee revenue generated from implementing HB 2502, $3,300,000 is appropriated to the Supreme Court of Texas for Strategy B.1.1., Basic Civil Legal Services, in each state fiscal year of the biennium ending August 31, 2013.

(b)  If the actual or projected revenue collections are insufficient to offset the money appropriated under Subsection (a) of this rider, the Legislative Budget Board may direct the comptroller of public accounts to reduce the amount of the appropriation to equal the estimated available revenue. If the actual receipts or revenue collections generated by the enactment of HB 2502, or similar legislation, exceed the amount appropriated under Subsection (a) of this rider, the amount that exceeds the amount appropriated under Subsection (a) is appropriated to the Supreme Court of Texas for Strategy B.1.1., Basic Civil Legal Services, in each state fiscal year of the biennium ending August 31, 2013.

(c)  Of the appropriations made under Subsections (a) and (b) of this rider, any unexpended balances remaining on August 31, 2012, are appropriated to the district court that collected the fee under HB 2502 for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2011, for basic civil legal services.