Amend CSSB 1 on page I-30, in the bill pattern of the Fiscal Programs - Comptroller of Public Accounts, by striking Rider 23, Opioid Abatement Account, and substituting the following new rider:
23. Opioid Abatement Account. All sums deposited to the General Revenue-Dedicated Opioid Abatement Account No. 5189 not appropriated elsewhere are to be appropriated by the legislature for distribution by the Comptroller. Included above in Strategy A.1.13, Opioid Abatement, is $2,500,000 out of the General Revenue-Dedicated Opioid Abatement Account No. 5189 in each fiscal year of the biennium to defray administrative expenses incurred by the Comptroller related to the Texas Opioid Council to the extent allowed by statute.
Unexpended balances remaining in Strategy A.1.13, Opioid Abatement, as of August 31, 2026, are appropriated to the Property Tax Relief Fund and may be used only to reduce the state compression percentage pursuant to Section 48.255 of the Education Code.