Amend Amendment No. 79 as follows: On Page 9, by striking Sec. 1.26A (e) and replacing it with the following: (e) Texas A&M University shall assist in the creation of a steering committee to oversee and assist in the development of the cooperative agreement under Subsection (c) of this section. The steering committee must be created not later than September 30, 2007. The initial steering committee shall be composed of: (1) a representative of each of the following entities, as appointed by the governing body of that entity: (A) the Edwards Aquifer Authority; (B) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; (C) the Parks and Wildlife Department; (D) the Department of Agriculture; (E) the Texas Water Development Board; (F) the San Antonio Water System; (G) the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority; (H) the San Antonio River Authority; (I) the South Central Texas Water Advisory Committee; and (J) Bexar County; (K) CPS Energy; and (L) Bexar Metropolitan Water District or its successor; and (2) nine other persons who respectively must be: (A) a representative of a holder of an initial regular permit issued to a retail public utility located west of Bexar County, to be appointed by the authority; (B) a representative of a holder of an initial regular permit issued by the authority for industrial purposes, to be appointed by the authority; (C) a representative of a holder of an industrial surface water right in the Guadalupe River Basin, to be appointed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; (D) a representative of a holder of a municipal surface water right in the Guadalupe River Basin, to be appointed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; (E) a representative of a retail public utility in whose service area the Comal Springs or San Marcos Springs is located; (F) a representative of a holder of an initial regular permit issued by the authority for irrigation, to be appointed by the commissioner of agriculture; (G) a representative of an agricultural producer from the Edwards Aquifer region, to be appointed by the commissioner of agriculture; (H) a representative of environmental interests from the Texas Living Waters Project, to be appointed by the governing body of that project; and (I) a representative of recreational interests in the Guadalupe River Basin, to be appointed by the Parks and Wildlife Commission.