Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) in Article VI of the bill, following the appropriations made to the Parks and Wildlife Department (page VI-33), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:
____. Transfer of Appropriations Contingent on SB 1270 or Similar Legislation. Contingent on SB 1270 or similar legislation of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, relating to the allocation and use of certain border security funding to secure Gulf of Mexico ports becoming law, and notwithstanding any limitation on the transfer or use of appropriated money provided by this Act, each year of the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2017, the Department of Public Safety shall transfer to the Parks and Wildlife Department an amount of money equal to 10 percent of the total amount of appropriations made to the Department of Public Safety for that year for border security purposes, including the appropriations identified in the informational listing provided by Section 17.07, Article IX, of this Act (page IX-78). The Parks and Wildlife Department may use money transferred to the department in accordance with this section during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2017, only to administer and provide grants under the Gulf of Mexico port security grant program established by SB 1270 or the similar legislation.