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	Amend SB 3 on third reading by adding the following 
appropriately numbered ARTICLE and renumbering the subsequent 
ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ____.  DISPOSAL WELL PERMITS
	SECTION ____.01.  Section 27.034, Water Code, is amended by 
adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and (a-3) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  In connection with an application for a permit to 
dispose of oil and gas waste in a commercial disposal well, as 
defined by the railroad commission, the rules adopted under 
Subsection (a) must, at a minimum:
		(1)  require the applicant to give notice of the 
application to:     
			(A)  each owner of record of each surface tract 
that adjoins the tract on which the well is proposed to be located;
			(B)  the commissioners court of the county in 
which the well is proposed to be located; and
			(C)  any groundwater conservation district in 
which the well is proposed to be located;
		(2)  require each owner of record of a surface tract who 
receives notice of the application under Subdivision (1)(A) to give 
notice of the application to each surface lessee or purchaser under 
a contract for deed, executory contract, or other executory 
conveyance of the tract who occupies a residence located on the 
tract;
		(3)  require the applicant to publish notice of the 
application in:  
			(A)  a newspaper of general circulation in the 
county in which the well is proposed to be located; and
			(B)  the newspaper that is published in closest 
proximity to the proposed site of the well; and
		(4)  provide each person who receives notice of the 
application under Subdivision (1) an opportunity to request a 
public hearing on the application.
	(a-2)  The failure of a person who receives notice of an 
application under Subsection (a-1)(1)(A) to give notice of the 
application to any person to whom the person is required to give 
notice under Subsection (a-1)(2) does not invalidate any permit 
issued by the railroad commission.
	(a-3)  The railroad commission is not required to hold more 
than one public hearing on an application regardless of the number 
of persons who request a hearing.
	SECTION ____.02.  Section 27.105(a), Water Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  A person who knowingly or intentionally violates a 
provision of this chapter under the jurisdiction of the railroad 
commission, a rule of the railroad commission other than a rule 
adopted under Section 27.034(a-1)(2), or a term, condition, or 
provision of a permit issued by the railroad commission under this 
chapter is subject to a fine of not more than $5,000 for each 
violation and for each day of violation.  A violation under the 
jurisdiction of the commission is enforceable under Section 7.157.