Amend CSHB 2912 by adding the following:
      Sec. 9.05.  Amend Section 1.28, Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 1993 as follows:
      (b)  The authority may issue revenue bonds to finance the
purchase of land or the purchase, construction, or installation of
facilities or equipment.  <The authority may not allow for any> A
person <to> may construct, acquire, or own facilities for
transporting groundwater out of Uvalde County or Medina County,
only if the facility is financed by private, municipal or other
governmental funds and the water transported has been withdrawn
from the Edwards Aquifer subject to a withdrawal permit issued by
the authority or Chapter 36 District.
      (c)  Prior to the construction of facilities for transporting
groundwater out of Uvalde or Medina County, the Commission must
conduct a study, including public hearings in Uvalde and Medina
Counties regarding the feasibility and practicality of such a
facility.