Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered rider under the Article I appropriations to the Office of the Attorney General (page I-14):

____.  Payment of Judgment or Settlement. The amount of $153,749 is appropriated out of the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, for the purpose of paying a judgment or settlement in JAMES BLAKE BRICKMAN, DAVID MAXWELL, J. MARK PENLEY, and RYAN M. VASSAR v. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, Cause No. D-1-GN-20-006861, and the additional amount of $153,749 is appropriated out of the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2025, for the same purpose.

(2)  Reduce the Article I appropriations from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Attorney General that are allocated to the Schedule of Exempt Positions, Attorney General, Group 6 (page I-3), by the amount of $153,749 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, and by the amount of $153,749 for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2025.

(3)  Adjust totals and methods of financing accordingly.