Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) as follows:

Add the following new rider to the bill pattern of the Department of Insurance:

____.  Captive Insurance Specialist. The Department of Insurance is appropriated $150,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $150,000 in fiscal year 2025, in general revenue-dedicated Texas Department of Insurance Operating Fund 36, in Strategy B.1.1, Industry Solvency Regulation, are for the purpose of retaining, through a competitive application process, a captive insurance specialist to support captive insurance oversight and related activities in the Texas captive insurance market.