Amend HB 3816 as follows:
      1)  On page 1, line 3, and page 1, line 7, and page 1, line
16, strike "Wharton County" and substitute "Coastal Bend"
      2)  On page 2, line 1, delete the designation of subsection
"(a)" and on page 2, strike subsection (b) in its entirety.
      3)  On page 2, line 12, add a new Section 6 as follows"
"PURPOSES.  The district is created to accomplish the following
purposes:
            (1)  to protect and preserve groundwater for the
benefit of the district;
            (2)  to assess and deter groundwater contamination;
            (3)  to assess groundwater levels throughout the
district;
            (4)  to promote water conservation where and when
conditions indicate; and
            (5)  to create and periodically update a water
management plan for the district that meets or exceeds the
requirements of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation
Commission;"
and renumber subsequent Sections appropriately.