Amend CSHB 3526 (Senate committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Subsection (a), Section 16.051, Water Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Not later than January 5, 2012 [2002], and before the 
end of each successive five-year period after that date, the board 
shall prepare, develop, formulate, and adopt a comprehensive state 
water plan that incorporates the regional water plans approved 
under Section 16.053.  The state water plan shall provide for the 
orderly development, management, and conservation of water 
resources and preparation for and response to drought conditions 
and the effects of climate variability, in order that sufficient 
water will be available at a reasonable cost to ensure public 
health, safety, and welfare; further economic development; and 
protect the agricultural and natural resources of the entire state.
	SECTION __.  Subsection (e), Section 16.053, Water Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(e)  Each regional water planning group shall submit to the 
development board a regional water plan that:
		(1)  is consistent with the guidance principles for the 
state water plan adopted by the development board under Section 
16.051(d);
		(2)  provides information based on data provided or 
approved by the development board in a format consistent with the 
guidelines provided by the development board under Subsection (d);
		(3)  identifies:                                                              
			(A)  each source of water supply in the regional 
water planning area, including information supplied by the 
executive administrator on the amount of managed available 
groundwater in accordance with the guidelines provided by the 
development board under Subsections (d) and (f);
			(B)  factors specific to each source of water 
supply to be considered in determining whether to initiate a 
drought response;
			(C)  actions to be taken as part of the response; 
and                      
			(D)  existing major water infrastructure 
facilities that may be used for interconnections in the event of an 
emergency shortage of water;
		(4)  has specific provisions for water management 
strategies to be used during a drought of record;
		(5)  includes but is not limited to consideration of 
the following:         
			(A)  any existing water or drought planning 
efforts addressing all or a portion of the region;
			(B)  approved groundwater conservation district 
management plans and other plans submitted under Section 16.054;
			(C)  all potentially feasible water management 
strategies, including but not limited to improved conservation, 
reuse, and management of existing water supplies, conjunctive use, 
acquisition of available existing water supplies, and development 
of new water supplies;
			(D)  protection of existing water rights in the 
region;                    
			(E)  opportunities for and the benefits of 
developing regional water supply facilities or providing regional 
management of water supply facilities;
			(F)  appropriate provision for environmental 
water needs and for the effect of upstream development on the bays, 
estuaries, and arms of the Gulf of Mexico and the effect of plans on 
navigation;
			(G)  provisions in Section 11.085(k)(1) if 
interbasin transfers are contemplated;
			(H)  voluntary transfer of water within the region 
using, but not limited to, regional water banks, sales, leases, 
options, subordination agreements, and financing agreements; [and]
			(I)  emergency transfer of water under Section 
11.139, including information on the part of each permit, certified 
filing, or certificate of adjudication for nonmunicipal use in the 
region that may be transferred without causing unreasonable damage 
to the property of the nonmunicipal water rights holder; and
			(J)  the effects of climate variability on the 
water supply in the regional water planning area;
		(6)  identifies river and stream segments of unique 
ecological value and sites of unique value for the construction of 
reservoirs that the regional water planning group recommends for 
protection under Section 16.051;
		(7)  assesses the impact of the plan on unique river and 
stream segments identified in Subdivision (6) if the regional water 
planning group or the legislature determines that a site of unique 
ecological value exists; and
		(8)  describes the impact of proposed water projects on 
water quality.      
	SECTION __.  Subsection (e), Section 16.053, Water Code, as 
amended by this Act, applies only to regional water plans required 
to be submitted to the Texas Water Development Board beginning with 
the plan required to be submitted by January 5, 2016.