Amend CSHB 1 in Article VII of the bill following the 
appropriation to the Texas Workforce Commission (page VII-30) by 
adding the following appropriately numbered rider:
	____.  Out of funds appropriated above in Strategy A.2.1, 
Skills Development, the Texas Workforce Commission shall allocate 
$1,300,000 in the fiscal year ending August 31, 2008, to a community 
college in West Texas for the purpose of supporting the expansion of 
instructional capacity, including building start-up costs, to 
provide increased training opportunities in welding and welding 
fabrication.  Any unexpended balances of these funds remaining on 
August 31, 2008, may be used by the commission for the fiscal year 
beginning September 1, 2008, for the same purpose.