Amend SB 1740 (House Committee Printing) by inserting the 
following appropriately numbered new SECTION and renumbering 
subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION _____.  Section 382.05195, Health and Safety Code, 
is amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
	(j)  If a standard permit for a facility requires a distance, 
setback, or buffer from other property or structures as a condition 
of the permit, the determination of whether the distance, setback, 
or buffer is satisfied shall be made on the basis of conditions 
existing at the earlier of:
		(1)  the date construction begins on the facility; or                  
		(2)  the date any application or notice of intent is 
first filed with the commission to obtain approval for the 
construction or operation of the facility.