Amend CSHB 1 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  In Article I of the bill, add the following appropriately numbered rider after the appropriations to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor and renumber subsequent riders accordingly:

____.  Funds for Monitoring Defendants and Victims in Family Violence Cases. In addition to amounts previously appropriated above for Strategy B.1.1, Criminal Justice (page I-52), during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2017, the amount of $1,000,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2016, and the amount of $1,000,000 is appropriated out of the general revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2017, to the Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor for the purpose of providing grants to reimburse counties for all or part of their financial losses incurred as a result of monitoring performed in family violence cases with respect to defendants and victims who participate in a global positioning monitoring system under Article 17.292 or 17.49, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(2)  In Article V of the bill, in the appropriations to the Department of Public Safety, reduce the appropriations from the general revenue fund to the Department of Public Safety for Strategy B.1.4, Extraordinary Operations (page V-34), by the amount of $1,000,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2016, and by the amount of $1,000,000 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2017.

(3)  Adjust totals and methods of financing accordingly.