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Amend HB 3576 as follows:
On page 4, lines 11 to 17, delete "The Authority may regulate
the spacing and production of water wells drilled within its
boundaries in the manner provided by Section 36.116(a), Water Code,
to prevent interference with the Authority's water wells or other
existing wells, to protect water quality, or to minimize as far as
practicable the drawdown of the water table of the groundwater used
by the Authority." and substitute the following:
"The Authority may regulate the drilling, equipping,
completion, location, and production of groundwater wells in the
manner in which the City of Benbrook, Texas, could regulate such
wells under under its home-rule authority or as otherwise provided
by this Act."