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.