Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In Article IV of the bill, following the appropriations to the Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department (page IV-36), add the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Contingent Appropriation: County Reimbursement for Jury Service Expenses. Contingent on the enactment of HB 2014 or similar legislation of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, relating to reimbursement for jury service:

(1)  the amount of $2,435,308 is appropriated to the Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department, for Strategy D.1.7, Juror Pay, for each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023, for the purpose of reimbursing counties for a portion of the reimbursement paid to a person who reports for jury service for the first day or fraction of the first day the person is in attendance in court; and

(2)  each appropriation of general revenue made in this Act, other than the appropriations made to the Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department for Strategy D.1.7, is proportionally reduced by the amounts necessary to achieve a total reduction in appropriations of $4,870,616 for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2025.

(2)  Adjust article totals and methods of financing accordingly.