Amend CSHB 3526 (Senate committee report) as follows:
(1) Add the following SECTIONS to ARTICLE 3 of the bill,
appropriately numbered, and renumber the subsequent SECTIONS of
ARTICLE 3 of the bill accordingly:
SECTION 3.__. Section 11.002(19), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(19) "Science [advisory] committee" means the Texas
environmental flows science [advisory] committee.
SECTION 3.__. The heading to Section 11.02361, Water Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 11.02361. TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS SCIENCE
[ADVISORY] COMMITTEE.
(2) In the recital to SECTION 3.02 of the bill (page 3, line
7), strike "and (f)" and substitute "(d), (e), (f), and (g)".
(3) In SECTION 3.02 of the bill, in amended Section
11.02361(a), Water Code (page 3, line 9), strike "advisory" and
substitute "[advisory]".
(4) In SECTION 3.02 of the bill, in amended Section
11.02361(b), Water Code (page 3, line 14), strike "advisory" and
substitute "[advisory]".
(5) In SECTION 3.02 of the bill, in added Section
11.02361(b-1), Water Code (page 3, line 21), strike "advisory".
(6) In SECTION 3.02 of the bill, in amended Section
11.02361(c), Water Code (page 3, line 25), strike "advisory" and
substitute "[advisory]".
(7) In SECTION 3.02 of the bill, in amended Section
11.02361(c), Water Code (page 3, line 26), strike "advisory" and
substitute "[advisory]".
(8) In SECTION 3.02 of the bill (page 3, lines 29-38),
strike amended Section 11.02361(f), Water Code, and substitute the
following:
(d) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the
size, composition, or duration of the science [advisory] committee.
(e) The science [advisory] committee shall:
(1) serve as an objective scientific body to advise
and make recommendations to the advisory group on issues relating
to the science of environmental flow protection; and
(2) develop recommendations to help provide overall
direction, coordination, and consistency relating to:
(A) environmental flow methodologies for bay and
estuary studies and instream flow studies;
(B) environmental flow programs at the
commission, the Parks and Wildlife Department, and the board; and
(C) the work of the basin and bay expert science
teams described in Section 11.02362.
(f) To assist the advisory group to assess the extent to
which the recommendations of the science [advisory] committee are
considered and implemented, the commission, the Parks and Wildlife
Department, and the board shall provide written reports to the
advisory group, at intervals determined by the advisory group, that
describe:
(1) the actions taken by each agency in response to
each recommendation; and
(2) for each recommendation not implemented, the
reason it was not implemented.
(g) The science [advisory] committee is abolished on the
date the advisory group is abolished under Section 11.0236(m).
(9) In the recital to SECTION 3.03 of the bill, between
"(g)," and "(n)" (page 3, line 40), insert "(k),".
(10) In SECTION 3.03 of the bill, in amended Section
11.02362, Water Code, between added Subsection (i-1) and amended
Subsection (n) of the section (page 6, between lines 25 and 26),
insert the following:
(k) The science [advisory] committee shall appoint one of
its members to serve as a liaison to each basin and bay expert
science team to facilitate coordination and consistency in
environmental flow activities throughout the state. The
commission, the Parks and Wildlife Department, and the board shall
provide technical assistance to each basin and bay expert science
team, including information about the studies conducted under
Sections 16.058 and 16.059, and may serve as nonvoting members of
the basin and bay expert science team to facilitate the development
of environmental flow regime recommendations.
(11) In SECTION 3.03 of the bill, in amended Section
11.02362(q), Water Code (page 7, line 11), strike "advisory" and
substitute "[advisory]".
(12) In SECTION 3.04 of the bill, in amended Section
11.1471(b)(9), Water Code (page 7, line 52), strike "advisory" and
substitute "[advisory]".
(13) Add the following SECTION to ARTICLE 3 of the bill,
appropriately numbered, and renumber the subsequent SECTIONS of
ARTICLE 3 of the bill accordingly:
SECTION 3.__. Section 11.1491(a), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The Parks and Wildlife Department and the commission
shall have joint responsibility to review the studies prepared
under Section 16.058, to determine inflow conditions necessary for
the bays and estuaries, and to provide information necessary for
water resources management. Each agency shall designate an
employee to share equally in the oversight of the program. Other
responsibilities shall be divided between the Parks and Wildlife
Department and the commission to maximize present in-house
capabilities of personnel and to minimize costs to the state. Each
agency shall have reasonable access to all information produced by
the other agency. Publication of reports completed under this
section shall be submitted for comment to the commission, the Parks
and Wildlife Department, the advisory group, the science [advisory]
committee, and any applicable basin and bay area stakeholders
committee and basin and bay expert science team.
(14) In SECTION 3.05 of the bill, in amended Section
15.4063(1), Water Code (page 7, line 59), strike "advisory" and
substitute "[advisory]".
(15) In SECTION 3.05 of the bill, in amended Section
15.4063(2), Water Code (page 7, line 68), strike "advisory" and
substitute "[advisory]".
(16) IN SECTION 3.06 of the bill (page 8, line 18), strike
"advisory".