77R11081 MI-F                           
         By King of Uvalde                                     H.B. No. 3404
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3404:
         By King of Uvalde                                 C.S.H.B. No. 3404
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the classification of the use of water for purposes of
 1-3     fees and regulations imposed by, and the repeal of certain statutes
 1-4     applicable to, the Edwards Aquifer Authority.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Section 1.03, Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd
 1-7     Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended by adding
 1-8     Subdivisions (26), (27), and (28) to read as follows:
 1-9                 (26)  "Agricultural use" means use for irrigation,
1-10     horticulture, or raising livestock.
1-11                 (27)  "Non-agricultural use" means use for any purpose
1-12     other than irrigation, horticulture, or raising livestock.
1-13                 (28)  "Horticultural products" means nursery, floral,
1-14     and greenhouse plants or plant products produced from seeds,
1-15     rootings, cuttings, tissue cultures, seedlings, or other
1-16     propagation materials and grown in the soil or in containers by a
1-17     nursery grower as defined by Section 71.041, Agriculture Code.
1-18           SECTION 2. Section 1.11(h), Chapter 626,  Acts of the 73rd
1-19     Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is repealed.
1-20           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
1-21     vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-23     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.