Amend CSHB 7 (senate committee printing) as follows:

(1)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, adding Section 403.0956, Government Code (page 2), strike lines 12 through 15 and substitute:

(2)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, in the last sentence of amended Section 361.014(a), Health and Safety Code (page 2, line 56), strike "must include[, including]:" and substitute "may include[, including]:".

(3)  In SECTION 18 of the bill, appropriating the balance of the system benefit fund (page 7, line 58), between "fund," and "to the", insert "in an amount not to exceed $630 million,".

(4)  Add to the bill the following appropriately numbered section and renumber any subsequent sections of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  (a) Subchapter I, Chapter 113, Natural Resources Code, is repealed.

(b)  On the effective date of this Act:

(1)  the alternative fuels research and education fund is abolished;

(2)  any money remaining in the alternative fuels research and education fund is transferred to the undedicated portion of the general revenue fund;

(3)  any claim against the alternative fuels research and education fund is transferred to the undedicated portion of the general revenue fund; and

(4)  any amount required to be deposited to the credit of the alternative fuels research and education fund shall be deposited to the credit of the undedicated portion of the general revenue fund.

(c)  Any money transferred from the alternative fuels research and education fund to the undedicated portion of the general revenue fund that was deposited in the alternative fuels research and education fund as a gift, grant, or other form of assistance under former Subchapter I, Chapter 113, Natural Resources Code, and is encumbered by the specific terms of the gift, grant, or other form of assistance may be spent only in accordance with the terms of the gift, grant, or other form of assistance. Subchapter I, Chapter 113, Natural Resources Code, is continued in effect for the limited purpose of administering this subsection.