Amend CSHB 2877 by adding a new Subsection (g) to Section 36.015, Water Code, to read as follows: (g) Notwithstanding other law and any other applicable provisions of this chapter, the commission shall certify a petition filed under Section 36.013 and give notice and conduct a public meeting on the petition if the filings under Section 36.013(b) and (c) show that the district is comprised of 400,000 or more coterminous acres owned by a single landowner. Chapter 49, Water Code, does not apply to a district created under this subsection, except that Section 49.223, Water Code, shall apply to the district.