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: Donations to Provide Services to Homeless Individuals and Families. Contingent on the enactment and becoming law of HB 834 or similar legislation by the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, relating to the establishment by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs of a pilot program to solicit donations made by text message for the benefit of local programs that provide services to homeless individuals and families in certain municipalities, out of the funds appropriated above in Strategy C.1.1, Poverty-Related Funds, the Department of Housing and Community Affairs shall allocate $300,000 in the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2025, to implement the provisions of that legislation.