Amend CSHB 7 by adding a new article, numbered appropriately, 
to read as follows:

ARTICLE ___.  TEXAS GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING
	SECTION __.01.  Section 20.02, Chapter 1325, Acts of the 
78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as 
follows:
	Sec. 20.02.  (a)  [The comptroller shall establish the Texas 
mobility fund debt service account as a dedicated account within 
the general revenue fund.
	[(b)]  Notwithstanding Sections 780.002(b) and (c) 
[780.002(a) and (b)], Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, 
of the money allocated to the undedicated portion of the general 
revenue fund by Section 780.002(b) [780.002(a)], Health and Safety 
Code, as added by this Act, other than money that may only be 
appropriated to the Department of Public Safety, in state fiscal 
years [year] 2004 and 2005 the comptroller shall deposit that money 
to the credit of the Texas mobility fund instead of to the credit of 
the general revenue fund [debt service account, which is subject to 
the provisions of Subsection (d)].
	(b) [(c)]  Notwithstanding Section 542.4031(g)(1), 
Transportation Code, as added by this Act, of the money allocated to 
the undedicated portion of the general revenue fund in Section  
542.4031(g)(1), Transportation Code, in state fiscal years [year] 
2004 and 2005 the comptroller shall deposit that money to the credit 
of the Texas mobility fund instead of to the credit of the general 
revenue fund [debt service account, which is subject to the 
provisions of Subsection (d)].
	(c) [(d)  Funds deposited to the Texas mobility fund debt 
service account pursuant to Subsections (b) and (c) may be 
transferred to the Texas mobility fund upon certification by the 
Texas Transportation Commission to the comptroller that a payment 
is due under an obligation pursuant to Section 49-k, Article 3, 
Texas Constitution.  Funds in the Texas mobility fund debt service 
account are not appropriated in the state fiscal year ending August 
31, 2004.
	[(e)]  Notwithstanding Sections 521.058, 521.313(c), 
521.3466(e), 521.427, 522.029(i), 524.051(c), 548.508, 644.153(i), 
and 724.046(c), Transportation Code, as added by this Act, to the 
extent that those sections allocate funds to the Texas mobility 
fund, in state fiscal years [year] 2004 and 2005 the comptroller 
shall deposit those funds to the credit of the general revenue fund 
instead of to the credit of the Texas mobility fund.
	SECTION __.02.  (a)  An amount of money estimated to be 
$231,700,000 deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund in 
state fiscal year 2005 under Section 20.02(c), Chapter 1325, Acts 
of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, as amended by this 
Act, is appropriated out of the general revenue fund as follows:
		(1)  for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 
2004, $125 million is appropriated to the Texas Higher Education 
Coordinating Board for the purposes of the TEXAS Grant Program 
under Subchapter M, Chapter 56, Education Code; and
		(2)  for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 
1, 2003, the remainder of that money is appropriated to replace an 
equal amount of federal fiscal relief funds utilized to certify 
general revenue appropriations made by Chapter 1330, Acts of the 
78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003 (the General 
Appropriations Act).
	(b)  The federal fiscal relief funds replaced under 
Subsection (a)(2) of this section are appropriated to the 
comptroller of public accounts for the state fiscal biennium 
beginning September 1, 2003, for the purposes described by Section 
11.28, Article IX, Chapter 1330, Acts of the 78th Legislature, 
Regular Session, 2003 (the General Appropriations Act).
	(c)  This section supersedes any other law enacted by the 
78th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2003, to the extent of any 
conflict, regardless of relative dates of enactment.