Amend CSHB 1 as follows:

(1)  In Article XI, under the Article X items of appropriations (page XI-23), strike "State Auditor's Office Chief Innovation Officer Contingency $ -".

(2)  Under the Article XI items of appropriations to the comptroller of public accounts (page XI-1), add the following appropriately numbered rider:

____. Contingent Rider: Comptroller's Chief Innovation Officer. (a) This rider is contingent on the passage and becoming law of HB 986, or similar legislation of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, creating a chief innovation officer position in the office of the comptroller of public accounts.

(b)  It is the intent of the legislature that, out of the money appropriated to the comptroller of public accounts under this Act, the comptroller allocate for the state fiscal biennium beginning September  1, 2015, an amount sufficient to create a chief innovation officer position in the office of the comptroller.