Amend CSHB 2217 on page 6, between lines 5 and 6, by inserting 
the following appropriately numbered section and renumbering 
subsequent sections of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 31, Natural Resources 
Code, is amended by adding Section 31.069 to read as follows:
	Sec. 31.069.  TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON GROUNDWATER LEASES OR 
FACILITATION OF WATER MARKETING INITIATIVES.  (a)  Notwithstanding 
any other law, the commissioner and the land office may not:
		(1)  lease the right to produce groundwater from state 
land to an individual or a private entity; or
		(2)  use any state resource to facilitate a water 
marketing initiative of an individual or a private entity.
	(b)  This section expires September 1, 2007.