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Amend CSSB 3 (House committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to ARTICLE 2 of the bill
and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the ARTICLE accordingly:
SECTION 2.____. Subchapter A, Chapter 36, Water Code, is
amended by adding Section 36.003 to read as follows:
Sec. 36.003. APPLICABILITY OF GROUNDWATER REGULATIONS. Any
person, political subdivision, or other legal entity, who produces
groundwater inside the boundaries of a district is subject to
groundwater regulation under this chapter, except as exempted under
this chapter.
SECTION 2.____. Section 36.102(a), Water Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A district may enforce this chapter and its rules by
bringing an action for an injunction, mandatory injunction, civil
penalty, or other appropriate remedy in a court of competent
jurisdiction against any person, political subdivision, or other
legal entity, subject to groundwater regulation under this chapter,
except as exempted under this chapter.