Amend HB 1437 as follows: (1) On page 2, lines 4 and 5, strike "cost of service" and substitute "applicable water rate". (2) On page 2, line 5, strike "mitigate" and substitute "pay the costs of mitigating". (3) On page 2, line 9, between "(b)" and "The", insert: "The district may not transfer water under Subsection (a)(3)(B) if the transfer will result in a net loss of water to the Colorado River watershed. (c)". (4) On page 2, line 10, between the period and "The", insert: "The additional charge may not be less than 10 percent of the district's applicable rate for surface water to be transferred. The district shall deposit any money the district receives from the additional charge, and may deposit any other money as the board of directors determines, into a separate fund designated as the agricultural water conservation fund." (5) On page 2, line 11, strike "additional charge" and substitute "agricultural water conservation fund". (6) On page 2, line 13, between "water" and "transferred", insert "to be". (7) On page 2, line 14, between "County" and the period, insert: ", including the development and implementation of methods, programs, and strategies relating to groundwater resources, reuse, conservation, and other opportunities to reduce the reliance on surface water for agricultural irrigation". (8) On page 2, line 18, strike "in" and substitute "inside". (9) On page 2, line 19, strike "area" and substitute "areas". (10) On page 2, lines 19 and 20, strike "district described in Sections 2(a) and 26 of this Act" and substitute "district's irrigation operations".