Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) in Article I, following the appropriations to the Department of Information Resources (page I-72), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider and renumbering the other riders accordingly:

____.  Contingent Rider for HB 3679. Contingent on the passage and becoming law of HB 3679 or similar legislation of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, relating to establishing a toll-free telephone hotline for state assistance and concerns:

(1)  for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2023, in addition to other amounts appropriated by this Act, the Department of Information Resources is appropriated $12,000,000 to use for purposes of Strategy B.2.1, Shared Technology Services (page I-71), to implement HB 3679, or similar legislation;

(2)  any unobligated and unexpended balances for these grants remaining as of August 31, 2024, are reappropriated for the purpose provided in Subdivision (1) of this rider in the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2024; and

(3)  each appropriation of general revenue made by this Act, other than the appropriations made to the Department of Information Resources for Strategy B.2.1, Shared Technology Services (page I-71), is proportionally reduced by a total of $12,000,000 for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2023.