Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) as follows: In Article XI, add the following rider for the Railroad Commission: Contingency Appropriation for HB 3929. Contingent upon the final enactment of HB 3929, relating to funding of the Alternative Fuels Research and Education Division of the Railroad Commission of Texas, and notwithstanding the limitation on consumer rebate program spending imposed by Tex. Nat. Res. Code §113.2435(c)(5), as of August 31, 2008, the Railroad Commission shall carry forward unexpended amounts that were budgeted for consumer rebate programs during the previous fiscal year and shall include these amounts in the Railroad Commission's operating budget for consumer rebate programs for the following fiscal year, conditioned on the Railroad Commission reserving no more than fifty percent of these amounts, to the degree necessary for operational cash flow.