Floor Packet Page No. 218                                                   



Required Action                                                      
	On page XI-69 of Items for Future Consideration, add the 
following new rider:
	Appropriation: Brackish Groundwater Desalination in Tom 
Green County. In addition to the amounts appropriated above, The 
Texas Water Development Board is hereby appropriated $300,000 out 
of the General Revenue Fund for the biennium beginning September 1, 
2005. This amount shall be transferred to the Water Assistance Fund 
No. 480 and used by the Board to provide grants for engineering, 
design, and permitting costs associated with the development of a 
brackish groundwater desalination plant in Tom Green County. The 
Board shall award grants by selecting from applicants submitting 
statements of interest to the Board.