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	Amend Floor Amendment No. 65 by Alonzo to CSSB 3 as follows:                 
	(1)  Strike page 1, lines 1 through 4, of the amendment and 
substitute the following:
	Amend CSSB 3 (house committee printing) as follows:                            
	(1)  In ARTICLE 2 of the bill, add the following 
appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber the other SECTIONS of 
that ARTICLE accordingly:
	(2)  On page 2 of the amendment, following line 4, add the 
following:        
	(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the 
bill and renumber the other ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:
	ARTICLE ____.  STUDY OF ROLE OF LAKE SOMERVILLE IN ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT
	SECTION ____.01.  The legislature finds that:                                  
		(1)  in 1954, the United States Congress authorized the 
construction of Lake Somerville to provide flood control, water 
conservation, and other beneficial uses for nearby areas; 
subsequently, the United States Army Corps of Engineers began 
reservoir construction in 1962 and began to impound water in 1967;
		(2)  straddling the borders of Burleson, Washington, 
and Lee Counties, on Yegua Creek 20 river miles upstream from that 
creek's confluence with the Brazos River, the lake has a storage 
capacity of 337,700 acre-feet;
		(3)  operation of the lake is supervised by the Fort 
Worth District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers; the 
lake is one of nine federal reservoirs that are integrated into the 
Brazos River Authority's basin-wide system and associated water 
resource development master plan;
		(4)  the Brazos River Authority owns the stored water, 
a source from which it furnishes supplies to the City of Brenham 
according to a contract that was last renewed for a 10-year period 
in 2003;
		(5)  also significantly involved in the region is the 
Lower Colorado River Authority, which, from its diverse mix of 
power plants, provides wholesale electricity to various 
communities as well as offering them its economic research and 
expertise;
		(6)  although Lake Somerville has long been a tourist 
destination for fishing and other water recreation, the facility 
has not fully effectuated the three-county economic impact that 
originally was expected at the time that it was built; and
		(7)  a study of Lake Somerville's role in economic 
development would assist in explaining why the lake has not yet had 
that impact, beyond the tourism industry, and would help to 
identify impediments that currently restrict its contribution as 
well as strategies that would better maximize its economic 
potential.
	SECTION ____.02.  The Brazos River Authority and the Lower 
Colorado River Authority shall:
		(1)  conduct, with appropriate input from the public 
and private sectors, a joint baseline study of the role of Lake 
Somerville in the economic development of the surrounding vicinity; 
and
		(2)  jointly submit a full report of their findings and 
recommendations to the 81st Legislature when that legislature 
convenes in January 2009.