Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) in Article XI of the bill, following the Article I items for the Employees Retirement System (page XI-1), by adding the following appropriately designated rider:

____.  Contingency Rider for HB 3983. Contingent on the enactment of HB 3983, or similar legislation of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System to commissioned peace officers employed by the attorney general, in addition to other amounts appropriated by this Act to the Employees Retirement System, the amount of $____ is appropriated out of the General Revenue Fund to the retirement system for each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2021, for the purpose of increasing the state's contribution to:

(1)  the Law Enforcement and Custodial Officer Supplemental Retirement Fund resulting from the inclusion of additional law enforcement officers eligible to receive benefits under the fund as a result of enactment of the legislation; and

(2)  the retirement system to offset any associated increase in the unfunded actuarial liabilities of the retirement system that would otherwise result from enactment of the legislation.