Amend CSSB 2 by adding a new SECTION ___to read as follows
and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS appropriately:
      SECTION ___.  Section 26.359, Water Code, is amended to read
as follows:
      Sec. 26.359.  LOCAL REGULATION OR ORDINANCE.  (a)  In this
section, "local government" means a school district, county,
municipality, junior college district, river authority, water
district or other special district, or other political subdivision
created under the constitution or a statute of this state.
      (b)  A <This subchapter establishes a unified statewide
program for underground and surface water protection, and any
local> regulation or ordinance adopted by a local government that
imposes standards <is effective only to the extent the regulation
or ordinance does not conflict with the standards adopted> for the
design, construction, installation, or operation of underground
storage tanks is not valid <under this subchapter>.
      (c)  This section does not apply to a rule adopted by the
Edwards Aquifer Authority, or to a regulation or ordinance in
effect as of January 1, 2001, or thereafter amended.