Amend CSHB 2912 by adding appropriately numbered new SECTIONS
to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly to read as follows:
      SECTION ___.  Section 361.0231(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (a)  To protect the public health and environment<, encourage
economic development,> and assure the continuation of the federal
funding for abandoned facility response actions, it is the state
public policy that adequate capacity should exist for the proper
management of industrial and hazardous waste generated in this
state.
      SECTION ___.  Section 5.012, Water Code, is amended to read
as follows:
      Sec. 5.012.  DECLARATION OF POLICY.  The commission is the
agency of the state given primary responsibility for implementing
the constitution and laws of this state relating to the
conservation of natural resources and the protection of the
environment.  The commission is not responsible for fostering or
encouraging economic development.
      SECTION ___.  Section 26.003, Water Code, is amended to read
as follows:
      Sec. 26.003.  POLICY OF THIS SUBCHAPTER.  It is the policy of
this state and the purpose of this subchapter to maintain the
quality of water in the state consistent with the public health and
enjoyment, the propagation and protection of terrestrial and
aquatic life, and the operation of existing industries<, and the
economic development of the state>; to encourage and promote the
development and use of regional and areawide waste collection,
treatment, and disposal systems to serve the waste disposal needs
of the citizens of the state; and to require the use of all
reasonable methods to implement this policy.
      SECTION ___.  Section 27.003, Water Code, is amended to read
as follows:
      Sec. 27.003.  POLICY AND PURPOSE.  It is the policy of this
state and the purpose of this chapter to maintain the quality of
fresh water in the state to the extent consistent with the public
health and welfare and<,> the operation of existing industries,
<and the economic development of the state,> to prevent underground
injection that may pollute fresh water, and to require the use of
all reasonable methods to implement this policy.