Floor Packet Page No 87
      Amend CSHB 2912 on page 73, between lines 16 and 17, by
adding the following section, appropriately numbered:
      SECTION __.  (a) Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 361.1012 to read as follows:
      Sec 361.1012. PROHIBITION ON PERMIT FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
FACILITY NEAR WATER CONVEYANCE SYSTEM. The commission may not issue
a permit under this chapter to a municipal solid waste facility in
which putrescible solid waste, construction-demolition waste,
brush, tires, or rubbish is disposed of that is located within
2,500 feet of a freshwater reservoir, canal, or other surface water
conveyance system that reasonably may be used to transport fresh
water for agricultural, domestic, or drinking purposes.
      (b) Section 361.1012, Health and Safety Code, as added by
this section applies only to a municipal solid waste facility
permit application that is pending before the commission on the
effective date of this section or that is submitted to the
commission on or after the effective date of this section.
      (c) This section takes effect immediately if this Act
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
effect, this section takes effect September 1, 2001.