Amend CSHB 1 (house committee report) in Article I of the bill, immediately following the appropriations to the Secretary of State (page I-89), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Contingency Appropriation: Additional Funds to Counties. Contingent on the enactment and becoming law of HB 1217 or similar legislation by the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, relating to the administration of elections, out of the funds appropriated above in Strategy B.1.5, Financing Voter Registration, the secretary of state may provide funds to a county for the purposes of defraying the cost to the county of keeping the polling places in the county available for voting after the time for closing the polls as authorized by that legislation.