Amend Floor Amendment No. 27 to CSHB 1, which is the Shields
amendment shown on page 38 of the Proposed Amendments to CSHB 1, by
striking the text of the amendment and substituting the following:
      Amend CSHB 1 by adding the following appropriately numbered
rider under the appropriations to the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation  Commission (page VI-26):
      _____. CONTINGENT APPROPRIATION FOR HOUSE BILL _____.
Contingent on the enactment of House Bill _____ or similar
legislation of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, relating to
payments for removal of underground petroleum storage tanks, the
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission may expend an amount
not to exceed $4,000,000 during the biennium out of amounts
appropriated above to Strategy C.1.2:Storage Tank Cleanup to
provide low-interest loans for the removal of noncompliant
underground petroluem storage tanks.  The expendentures shall be in
accordance with Section 26.351, Water Code, and may be used only
for the removal of underground petroleum storage tanks located at
facilities that will cease operations on removal of the tanks.