Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In Article I of the bill, in the appropriations to the Office of the Attorney General (page I-3), reduce the general revenue appropriations for Strategy A.1.1, Legal Services, by $2,500,000 for each state fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2025.

(2)  In Article III of the bill, following the appropriations to the Higher Education Coordinating Board (page III-53), add the following appropriately numbered rider:

____. Contingent Rider: Housing Assistance Pilot Program. Contingent on the enactment of HB 3632 or similar legislation of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, relating to the establishment of a housing assistance pilot program to assist certain students enrolled in public junior colleges, in addition to amounts appropriated above:

(1)  the amount of $2,500,000 is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Board for each state fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, to implement that legislation; and

(2)  any unexpended balances remaining as of August 31, 2024, from money appropriated under Subdivision (1) of this rider for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2023, are appropriated to the coordinating board for the same purpose for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2024.

(3)  In Article XI of the bill, in the items listed as Article XI General Provisions (page XI-22), strike "Contingency for Housing Assistance Pilot Program" and the associated amount for the biennium.

(4)  Adjust totals and methods of financing accordingly.