Amend CSSB 3 (House Committee Printing) in ARTICLE 2 of the 
bill by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that ARTICLE accordingly:
	SECTION 2.____.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 16.053(i), 
Water Code, and except as otherwise provided by this section, the 
Texas Water Development Board may approve and include in the state 
water plan for the five-year period beginning January 5, 2007, the 
regional water plan that was submitted to the board by the Region L 
regional water planning group.
	(b)  The Texas Water Development Board may approve the 
regional water plan for Region L only if the board:
		(1)  strikes Sections 4C.7, 4C.8, and 4C.32 from the 
plan as submitted to the board; and
		(2)  includes Section 4C.33 in the plan as the Lower 
Guadalupe Water Supply Project for Upstream GBRA Needs so as to:
			(A)  require that the project be developed by the 
regional water planning group for Region L in association with the 
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority;
			(B)  include a transmission pipeline for the 
diversion of up to 60,000 acre-feet per year of surface water 
available under the water rights held by the Guadalupe-Blanco River 
Authority as of December 31, 2006, from the Guadalupe River below 
the city of Victoria to upstream points on the river to meet needs 
identified by the Region L regional water planning group; provided, 
however, that at least 100,000 acre-feet per year of the surface 
water must be reserved for lower basin needs;
			(C)  prohibit the use of fresh groundwater for the 
project;                
			(D)  require the consent of the appropriate 
property owner before off-channel storage or an off-channel 
reservoir may be developed as part of the project; and
			(E)  require freshwater inflows in an amount 
sufficient to meet the Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas 
Commission on Environmental Quality, and Texas Water Development 
Board's environmental consensus criteria for San Antonio Bay to be 
identified and included in the project.
	(c)  The Texas Water Development Board shall amend the state 
water plan for the five-year period beginning January 5, 2007, as 
necessary to conform to the requirements of this section.
	(d)  This section takes effect immediately if this Act 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate 
effect, this section takes effect September 1, 2007.