Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) in Article V of the bill by adding the following appropriately numbered rider following the appropriations to the Department of Public Safety:

____.  Notification of Certain Department Purchases. It is the intent of the legislature that the Department of Public Safety notify the members of the legislature, including any oversight committee created by the 84th Legislature to oversee state law enforcement operations of the department, of a purchase to be made from funds appropriated above:

(1)  not later than the 7th day before the date of purchase for an emergency purchase of $50,000 or more, under Section 2155.137, Government Code.