Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) in Part 17 of Article IX of the bill (page IX-77) by adding the following appropriately numbered rider to read as follows:
Sec. 17.____. Contingency for SB 822. Contingent on SB 822 or similar legislation of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, relating to the transfer of certain property from The University of Texas System to the Parks and Wildlife Department becoming law:
(1) the Article VI appropriation for each fiscal year of the biennium to the Parks and Wildlife Department for Strategy B.1.1, State Park Operations, is reduced by an amount of money equal to the lesser of:
(A) one-half of the fair market value of the real property transferred to the Parks and Wildlife Department under SB 822, Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, as determined by the comptroller, based on a written appraisal of the real property from a certified appraiser performed at the direction of the comptroller; or
(B) the total amount appropriated for Strategy B.1.1 in the fiscal year; and
(2) in addition to the Article III appropriations to The University of Texas at Austin for Strategy A.1.1, Operations Support, an amount of general revenue is appropriated to The University of Texas at Austin in each fiscal year of the biennium ending August 31, 2019, for Strategy A.1.1 equal to the appropriation reduction made in that fiscal year under Subdivision (1).