Amend CSHB 1 as follows:

(1)  On page IV-27 in the General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board bill pattern, reduce appropriations from general revenue in Strategy B.1.1, Coastal Management, by $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2024.

(2)  On page IV-32, amend Rider 22. Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD).

(a)  The General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board (GLO) shall use $200,000,000 in general revenue appropriated in fiscal year 2024 in Strategy B.1.1, Coastal Management, for the purpose of making a grant to the Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD) through a cooperative agreement in the 2024-25 biennium. The GLO shall ensure that no more than 5.0 percent of this grant funding is expended by the GCPD for the purposes of administrative and salary expenses. The disbursement of this grant shall occur only if the terms of the agreement require the grantee, GCPD, to, at minimum:

(1)  Provide a report of budgeted and expended grant amounts by project or activity areas on a semi-annual basis as defined by the GLO;

(2)  Provide timelines for completion of projects on a semi-annual basis as defined by the GLO; and

(3)  Any other reasonable term deemed prudent by the GLO.

(b)  The GLO shall use $[300,000,000]299,989,236 in general revenue in fiscal year 2024 in Strategy B.1.1, Coastal Management, solely for the purpose of making an additional grant to the GCPD through a cooperative agreement during the 2024-25 biennium to provide state matching funds to meet federal requirements for studies and projects planned to be conducted in the state by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The appropriation of state matching funds is contingent upon USACE requesting payments to cover the 35.0 percent non-federal cost share which may include the non-federal sponsor's real estate and in-kind work costs. The appropriation of state matching funds is also contingent upon the terms of the agreement requiring the grantee, GCPD, to report the same information detailed above in Subsection (a)(1) through (a)(3).

(c)  Any related unobligated and unexpended balances remaining as of August 31, 2024, are appropriated for the same purpose for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 2024.

(d)  In addition to amounts appropriated above, any unobligated and unexpended balances for the Gulf Coast Protection District remaining from 2022-23 appropriations in Strategy B.1.1, Coastal Management, as of August 31, 2023, are appropriated for the fiscal year beginning on September 1, 2023, (estimated to be $0) in the same strategy for the purpose of funding GCPD expenses associated with implementing the Sabine to Galveston and Coastal Texas storm surge protection measures.

(3)  On page III-77 in The University of Texas at Austin bill pattern, increase appropriations from general revenue in Strategy C.1.6, BEG: Project STARR, by $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2024.