Amend CSHB 1 (house committee report), in Article VI of the bill, following the appropriations to the Water Development Board, by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Contingent on the enactment of HB 3264, SB 1726. Contingent on the enactment of HB 3264, SB 1726, or similar legislation of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, relating to a study by the Water Development Board of groundwater availability in certain counties:

(1)  out of the amounts appropriated out of general revenue to the Water Development Board for use in Strategy A.2.1, Technical Assistance and Modeling, the amount of $154,686 shall be allocated to implement the study established by HB 3264, SB 1726, or similar legislation for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2019; and

(2)  the "Number of Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs)" in the Water Development Board bill pattern is increased by 1.0 FTE for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2019.