Amend CSSB 1 following the Article VI appropriations to the 
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (House Committee 
Printing, page VI-22) by adding the following rider, numbered 
appropriately:
	____.  Contingency for HB 3838.  Contingent on the enactment 
and becoming law of HB 3838 or similar legislation of the 81st 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to the powers and 
duties of the Office of Public Utility Counsel:
		(1)  the general revenue fund appropriation to the 
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is reduced by:
			(A)  $80,847 for fiscal year 2010; and                                       
			(B)  $80,847 for fiscal year 2011; and                                       
		(2)  the amount of $80,847 for fiscal year 2010 and the 
amount of $80,847 for fiscal year 2011 are appropriated to the 
Office of Public Utility Counsel for the purpose of implementing 
that legislation.