Amend CSHB 3335 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                      
	(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the 
bill and renumber subsequent ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ___.  EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY
	SECTION ____.01.  Subsection (b), Section 1.25, Chapter 626, 
Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(b)  The authority, in conjunction with the South Central 
Texas Water Advisory Committee, the Texas Water Development Board, 
and underground water conservation districts within the 
authority's boundaries, shall develop a 20-year plan for providing 
alternative supplies of water to the region, with five-year goals 
and objectives, to be implemented by the authority and reviewed 
annually by the appropriate state agencies and the standing 
committees of the senate and house of representatives with primary 
jurisdiction over natural resources [Edwards Aquifer Legislative 
Oversight Committee].  The authority, advisory committee, Texas 
Water Development Board, and districts, in developing the plan, 
shall:
		(1)  thoroughly investigate all alternative 
technologies;                   
		(2)  investigate mechanisms for providing financial 
assistance for alternative supplies through the Texas Water 
Development Board; and
		(3)  perform a cost-benefit analysis and an 
environmental analysis.         
	SECTION ____.02.  Section 3.01, Chapter 626, Acts of the 
73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is repealed.
	SECTION ____.03.  This article takes effect immediately if 
this Act receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to 
each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas 
Constitution.  If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for 
immediate effect, this article takes effect September 1, 2009.
	(2)  In SECTION 3.01(a) of the bill (page 13, line 16), 
between "this section" and the comma, insert "or otherwise provided 
by this Act".