Amend CSSB 1 on page I-78, in the bill pattern of the Department of Information Resources, by striking Rider 3, DIR Clearing Fund Account, and substituting the following new rider.

3.  DIR Clearing Fund Account. The comptroller shall establish in the state treasury the Department of Information Resources Clearing Fund Account for the administration of cost recovery activities pursuant to authority granted under Government Code, Chapters 771, 791, and 2157. The account shall be used:

(a)  As a depository for funds received as payments from state agencies, units of local government, and/or vendors for goods and services provided;

(b)  As a source of funds for the department to purchase, lease, or acquire in any other manner services, supplies, software products, and equipment necessary for carrying out the department's duties relating to services provided to state agencies and units of local government for which the department receives payment from state agencies and local governmental units; and

(c)  To pay salaries, wages, and other costs directly attributable to the services provided to state agencies and units of local government for which the department receives payment from those agencies and governmental units. However, the maximum amount for all administrative costs to be applied to state agency receipts and local government receipts shall not exceed 2.0 percent per receipt

Included in the amounts appropriated above in Strategies A.1.1, Statewide Planning and Rules; A.1.2, Innovation and Modernization; B.1.1, Contract Administration of IT Commodities and Services; C.1.1, Security Policy and Awareness; C.1.2, Security Services; D.1.1, Central Administration; D.1.2, Information Resources; and D.1.3, Other Support Services, are all balances not previously encumbered as of August 31, 2025, (estimated to be $2,709,390) and revenues accruing during the 2026-27 biennium estimated to be $26,113,193 in fiscal year 2026 and $29,012,432 in fiscal year 2027 in revenue collected on or after September 1, 2025, appropriated from the sale of information technology commodity items out of Appropriated Receipts to the Department of Information Resources Clearing Fund Account. In the event that unexpended and unobligated balances estimated to be remaining as of August 31, 2025, and/or revenues in each fiscal year are less than the amounts estimated by this rider, fund balances in the DIR Clearing Fund Account, authorized by Rider 11, Fund Balance Limitations, may be expended to address a shortfall, subject to the limitations on expenditures included in this rider.

Any unexpended and unobligated balances as of August 31, 2026, out of appropriations made herein 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.

The Department of Information Resources may not expend funds appropriated to the Department that exceed the total in Appropriated Receipts identified above for each fiscal year of the 2026-27 biennium without prior written approval from the Legislative Budget Board. The department requesting the approval of the Legislative Budget Board shall submit in a timely manner the request along with adequate information for evaluating the request. Any additional information requested by the Legislative Budget Board must be submitted promptly and in a manner prescribed by the Legislative Budget Board. The request shall be considered to be approved unless the Legislative Budget Board issues a written disapproval within 30 business days after the date the Legislative Budget Board staff concludes its review of the request and forwards the review to the chair of the House Appropriations Committee, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, speaker of the house, and lieutenant governor. Any requests for additional information made by the Legislative Budget Board interrupt the counting of the 30 business days.