Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In Article V of the bill, following the appropriations to the Department of Public Safety, strike Rider 36 (page V-54) and substitute the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Differential Pay. (a) In addition to other amounts appropriated by this Act to the Department of Public Safety, the amount of $500,000 is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the department for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, for the purpose of providing differential pay for hard to fill or specialized service non-commissioned officer positions.

(b)  The Department of Public Safety is authorized to pay differential pay for hard to fill or specialized service non-commissioned officer positions, so long as the resulting salary rate does not exceed the rate designated as the maximum rate for the applicable salary group. An employee is no longer eligible to receive this pay when the employee transfers to a position or locality that is not hard to fill or a specialized service.

(2)  In Article VII of the bill, in the appropriations to the Texas Lottery Commission (pages VII-7, VII-8, and VII-9), make a proportional reduction in the amount appropriated for each strategy to reduce the grand total of the appropriations of dedicated general revenue to the commission by $500,000 for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021.

(3)  Adjust the totals and methods of financing accordingly.