Amend CSSB 2 by inserting the following new Section
36.102(e), Water Code, between lines 20 and 21 on page 56 of the
substitute to read as follows:
      (e) The board shall not assess a penalty for breach of a
district rule regulating the production of groundwater against a
person for producing groundwater for the generation of electricity
if such production is necessary to protect public safety and
welfare, no reasonable alternative water supply is available to the
producer for the generation of the electricity, and the rule or
production regulation that was breached by the person was adopted
or set by the board less than two years prior to the date of the
rule violation."