Amend HB 1796 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                        
	(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 382.507, 
Health and Safety Code (page 2, line 9), between "repository" and 
the period insert "on a determination by the board that permanent 
storage has been verified and that the storage location has met all 
applicable state and federal requirements for closure of carbon 
dioxide storage sites".
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 382.508(a), 
Health and Safety Code (page 2, line 16), between "generation of" 
and "carbon" insert "stored".
	(3)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following added 
Section 382.508(b), Health and Safety Code (page 2, between lines 
22 and 23), insert:
	(c)  This section does not relieve a person who contracts 
with the board under Section 382.504(b) of liability for any act or 
omission regarding the construction or operation, as applicable, of 
the carbon dioxide repository.