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Amend Senate committee printing for CSSB 1512 as follows:                    
	On page 15, after line 34 insert the following new Section 30 
and renumber the subsequent Sections accordingly:
	"SECTION 30.  Section 16.053, Water Code, is amended by 
adding Subdivisions 10, 11 and 12 to Subsection (h).
	(h)(10)  The regional water planning group may amend the 
regional water plan after the plan has been approved by the board. 
Subdivisions (1)-(9) apply to an amendment to the plan in the same 
manner as those subdivisions apply to the plan.
		(11)  This subdivision applies only to an amendment to 
a regional water plan approved by the board.  This subdivision does 
not apply to the adoption of a subsequent regional water plan for 
submission to the board as required by Subsection (i).  
Notwithstanding Subdivision (10), the regional water planning 
group may amend the plan in the manner provided by this subdivision 
if the executive administrator issues a written determination that 
the amendment qualifies for adoption in the manner provided by this 
subdivision before the regional water planning group votes on 
adoption of the amendment.  An amendment qualifies for adoption in 
the manner provided by this subdivision only if the amendment will 
not result in the overallocation of any existing or planned source 
of water, does not relate to a new reservoir, and will not have a 
significant effect on instream flows or freshwater inflows to bays 
and estuaries.  If the executive administrator determines that an 
amendment qualifies for adoption in the manner provided by this 
subdivision, the regional water planning group may adopt the 
amendment at a public meeting held in accordance with Chapter 551, 
Government Code.  The amendment must be placed on the agenda for the 
meeting, and notice of the meeting must be given in the manner 
provided by Chapter 551, Government Code, at least two weeks before 
the date the meeting is held.  The public must be provided an 
opportunity to comment on the amendment at the meeting.
		(12)  Notwithstanding Subdivisions (10) and (11), a 
regional water planning group may revise a regional water plan 
approved by the board without complying with Subdivisions (1)-(9) 
or obtaining a determination from the executive administrator that 
the revision qualifies for adoption in the manner provided by 
Subdivision (11) if the revision consists only of substituting an 
alternative water management strategy previously evaluated in the 
planning process and already contained in the current regional 
water plan for a water management strategy recommended in the plan.  
The regional water planning group may adopt the revision to the 
regional water plan at a public meeting held in accordance with 
Chapter 551, Government Code."