Amend CSSB 1, on pages XI-16 and 17, under Article XI, Sec. 1, 
Article VII, under the Texas Department of Transportation bill 
pattern add the following rider:
	____  Commuter Rail Study.  In addition to amounts 
appropriated above, the Department of Transportation is 
appropriated $500,000 in fiscal year 2010 from the General Revenue 
Fund to commission a commuter rail feasibility study in Hidalgo 
County to determine whether a commuter rail system is a practical 
and cost effective transportation alternative.