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.