Amend CSHB 1 as follows:

(1) On page VII-31 after the bill pattern for the Department of Transportation, add the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Pavement Consumption Pricing Model. Out of the amounts appropriated above in Strategy C.4.1, Research, the amounts of $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 shall be allocated for the purpose of funding studies to be conducted by and in coordination with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute regarding pavement consumption rates across the state and development of mathematical models that could form the basis of a fee-based transportation funding system based on weight, wheelbase configuration, distance, and road construction, and/or other factors that the Texas A&M Transportation Institute finds applicable. This funding may also be used for other studies that support this effort and/or for the Department of Transportation's implementation of any models or systems resulting from such studies.