Amend CSHB 1 (house committee report) in Article VII of the bill, immediately following the appropriations to the Department of Housing and Community Affairs (page VII-8), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Contingency Appropriation: Texas Information and Referral Network. Contingent on the enactment and becoming law of HB 833 or similar legislation by the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, relating to evaluations of the 2-1-1 services provided by the Texas Information and Referral Network, out of the funds appropriated above in Strategy C.1.1, Poverty-Related Funds, the Department of Housing and Community Affairs shall allocate $350,000 in the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2025, to implement the provisions of that legislation.