Amend CSHB 12 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 39, strike lines 15 and 16 and substitute the following:
providing funds from non-state sources in a total amount at least equal to:
(1) 50 percent of the grant amount if the collaborative includes a county with a population of less than 250,000;
(2) 100 percent of the grant amount if the collaborative includes a county with a population of 250,000 or more; and
(3) the percentage of the grant amount otherwise required by this subsection for the largest county included in the collaborative, if the collaborative includes more than one county.
(d-1) To raise the required non-state sourced
(2) On page 39, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:
(d-2) From money appropriated to the commission for each fiscal year to implement this section, the commission shall reserve 40 percent of that total to be awarded only as grants to a community collaborative that includes a county with a population of less than 250,000.
(3) On page 39, lines 24 and 25, strike "matching funds" and substitute "funds from non-state sources".
(4) On page 40, lines 3 and 4, strike "matching funds" and substitute "funds from non-state sources".
(5) On page 42, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
(j-1) To the extent money appropriated to the commission to implement this section for a fiscal year remains available to the commission after the commission selects grant recipients for the fiscal year, the commission shall make grants available using the money remaining for the fiscal year through a competitive request for proposal process, without regard to the limitation provided by Subsection (d-2).