Amend CSSB 1374 by striking proposed Subsection 11.0237(a) 
(committee printing page 2, lines 64-69; page 3, lines 1-4), 
substituting the following, and renaming proposed Section 11.0237, 
to read as follows:
	Sec.  11.0237.  PROCESSING OF WATER RIGHTS APPLICATIONS 
DURING STUDY PERIOD.  (a)  In order to preserve options for 
protecting environmental flows, the commission shall suspend 
action on all applications for permits for new appropriations of 
water for instream flows dedicated to environmental needs or bay 
and estuary inflows and on all applications for new appropriations 
for the use of 25,000 acre feet or more of water for consumptive 
purposes.  The commission may proceed with the processing of an 
application for a new appropriation for the use of 25,000 acre feet 
or more of water for consumptive purposes if the agency finds that 
the processing of the application prior to the expiration date for 
this section is necessary to address a water emergency.  This 
section does not prohibit the commission from issuing an amendment 
to an existing permit or certificate of adjudication to change the 
use to or add a use for instream flows dedicated to environmental 
needs or bay and estuary inflows.  This section does not apply to 
any permit granted before the effective date of this section.