Amend CSHB 1704 as follows by inserting the following new
SECTION 4 and renumber existing SECTION 4 accordingly:
      SECTION 4.  Nothing in this Act shall be construed to:
      (1)  limit or otherwise affect the authority of a
municipality, a county, another political subdivision, the state,
or an agency of the state, with respect to the implementation or
enforcement of an ordinance, a rule, or a statutory standard of a
program, plan, or ordinance that was adopted under the federal
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. Section 1451 et
seq.) or its subsequent amendments or Subtitle E, Title 2, Natural
Resources Code;
      (2)  apply to a permit, order, rule, regulation, or other
action issued, adopted, or undertaken by a municipality, a county,
another political subdivision, the state, or an agency of the state
in connection with the federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
(16 U.S.C. Section 1451 et seq.) or its subsequent amendments or
Subtitle E, Title 2, Natural Resources Code.