Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) as follows:

On page VI-23 of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's bill pattern, add the following rider:

Appropriation: Expedited Processing of Permit Applications. Included in amounts appropriated above out of the Clean Air Account No. 151 is $525,000 for the biennium for contract labor, overtime and compensatory pay, or other costs incurred to support the expedited processing of permit applications. The Commission on Environmental Quality is authorized to compensate employees who perform expedited air permits twice the hourly rate for time worked in excess of their regularly scheduled work hours. For the purposes of the expedited permit process, the TCEQ is exempt from provisions of Article IX relating to the inclusion of temporary or contract workers in the calculation of the number of Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) positions.

In addition to the amounts appropriated above, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is hereby appropriated $475,000 for the biennium beginning on September 1, 2015 collected and deposited to the Clean Air Account No. 151 in excess of the Comptroller's Biennial Revenue Estimate (estimated to be $475,000), resulting from the expedited permit review surcharges in accordance with Health and Safety Code 382.05155. These funds are provided for costs incurred to support the expedited permit process.

Any unexpended balances remaining in this appropriation on August 31, 2015, are hereby appropriated for the same purposes for the fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2015. In addition, any unexpended balances on August 31, 2016 in this appropriation are hereby appropriated for the same purposes for the fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2016.