Amend CSSB 3 as follows:                                                     
	On page 18, after line 2, add new Section 2.09 as follows and 
renumbering subsequent sections accordingly:
	SECTION 2.09.  Chapter 11, Water Code, is amended by adding 
Subchapter K to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER K.  REMEDIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH
DOMESTIC OR AGRICULTURAL WATER WELL
	Sec. 11.551.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies only 
to a high-capacity water well that is not owned by a municipality 
and that:
		(1)  is used for a purpose other than domestic or 
agricultural use; and
		(2)  is located outside a groundwater conservation 
district.         
	Sec. 11.552.  PETITION FOR REVIEW. (a)  An owner of a 
domestic or agricultural well may petition the applicable 
groundwater management area council for the groundwater management 
area in which the petitioner's well is located to review the 
operation of a high-capacity well subject to this subchapter and 
that may be interfering with petitioner's well.
	(b)  The petition must demonstrate how the operation of the 
high-capacity well is interfering with the operation or production 
rate of the petitioner's well.
	(c)  Within 60 days of receipt of the petition, the 
groundwater management area council shall decide whether to accept 
the petition for review.  If the council decides to accept the 
petition, it shall notify the petitioner and the owner of the 
high-capacity well of the date and time of a public hearing at which 
the council shall gather all relevant information to evaluate the 
petition and evaluate the need for modification of the operation of 
the high-capacity well.  If the council decides not to accept the 
petition, it shall so inform the petitioner and shall provide an 
explanation of why it has decided not to accept the petition.  The 
council may request technical assistance from the executive 
director in their review of a petition.
	(d)  A hearing under this section is not subject to the 
provisions of  Section 2001, Subchapter C of the Government Code.
	(e)  Based on the information in the petition and any 
relevant information gathered at a the public hearing held under 
subsection (c) of this section, the council shall, within 60 days of 
the public hearing, make findings and recommendations regarding:
		i.  The extent to which the operation of the 
high-capacity well is interfering with the operation of 
petitioner's well;
		ii.  The extent to which the operation of the 
high-capacity well is inconsistent with the desired future 
condition of the aquifer as adopted by the council; and
		iii.  The modifications that  are necessary in the 
operation of the high-capacity well to ensure that its operation 
does not interfere with petitioner's well and that its operation is 
consistent with the desired future condition of the aquifer.
	(f)  A finding by the council that the operation of the high 
capacity well is not interfering with petitioner's well must be 
based on scientific information that clearly overcomes the 
information provided by the petitioner.
	(g)  The council shall provide its findings and 
recommendations in writing and by certified mail to both the 
petitioner and the owner of the high-capacity well.  If the owner of 
the high-capacity well declines to make the modifications 
recommended by the council, the petitioner may file a request for 
relief in the district court for the county in which the 
petitioner's well is located seeking an injunction that requires 
the owner of the high-capacity well to implement the council's 
recommendations.
	(h)  The action for injunctive relief shall be a trial de 
novo, but the district court shall receive into evidence and 
consider the findings recommendations of the council.
	(i)  In such an action, the burden of proof to show why the 
council's recommendations should not be implemented shall be on the 
owner of the high-capacity well.