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	Amend CSSB 1 in Article XI on the bill, as follows:                          
	Contingent on the passage of HB 2853 or similar legislation, 
on page VI-42, rider #7 Unexpended Balance and Estimated 
Appropriation Authority:  Oil Field Cleanup Account is changed to 
read as follows:
	Included in amounts appropriated above in fiscal year 2010 is 
an amount not to exceed $1,648,770 in Strategy C.2.1, Oil and Gas 
Remediation, and an amount not to exceed $6,595,081 in Strategy 
C.2.2, Oil and Gas Well Plugging, in balances remaining in the Oil 
Field Cleanup Account No. 145 as of August 31, 2009.  The agency 
shall use these funds to carry out duties authorized by Natural 
Resources Code, Subchapter D, Chapter 91.
	In addition to amounts appropriated above, there is hereby 
appropriated to the Railroad Commission for the biennium beginning 
on September 1, 2009, an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 in 
revenues received in the Oil Field Cleanup Account No. 145 in excess 
of the Comptroller's Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE) for 2010-2011.  
Of the amounts received in excess of the BRE, after adjusted for the 
passage of HB 2853 or similar legislation, the first $991,762 in FY 
2010 and the first $917,225 in FY 2011 shall be used to increase 
staffing in the oil and gas field operations and technical 
permitting programs in an attempt to reduce permitting times and 
prevent permitting backlogs.
	In addition, the number of Full-Time Equivalents (FTE) for 
the Railroad Commission is hereby increased by 21.0 in each fiscal 
year of the 2010-11 biennium.  These positions shall be filled only 
in the event that revenues exceed the BRE for 2010-11 and shall be 
used to reduce permitting times and to prevent permitting backlogs.