Amend CSSB 1 on page III-63, in the Higher Education Coordinating Board's bill pattern, strike Rider 12, Tobacco Funds - Estimated Appropriation and Unexpended Balance, and substitute the following new rider:

12.  Tobacco Funds - Estimated Appropriation and Unexpended Balance. Included in the amounts appropriated above to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board are estimated appropriations of amounts available for distribution or investment returns out of the Permanent Fund for Minority Health Research and Education and the Permanent Fund for Nursing, Allied Health and Other Health Related Programs.

(a)  Amounts available for distribution or investment returns in excess of the amounts estimated above are also appropriated. In the event that amounts available for distribution or investment returns are less than the amounts estimated above, this Act may not be construed as appropriating funds to make up the difference.

(b)  All balances of estimated appropriations from the Permanent Fund for Minority Health Research, at the close of the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025, estimated to be $0 (and included above in the Method of Finance) and the income to said fund during the fiscal years beginning September 1, 2025, are hereby appropriated. Any unexpended appropriations made above as of August 31, 2026, are hereby 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.

(c)  All balances of estimated appropriations from the Permanent Fund for Nursing, Allied Health and Other Health Related Programs, at the close of the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025, estimated to be $0 (and included above in the Method of Finance) and the income to said fund during the fiscal years beginning September 1, 2025, are hereby appropriated. Any unexpended appropriations made above as of August 31, 2026, are hereby 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.