Amend SB 686 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 251, Transportation 
Code, is amended by adding Section 251.018 to read as follows:
	Sec. 251.018.  SUBSURFACE ACCESS IN RIGHT-OF-WAY.  (a)  A 
county may allow subsurface access to a county road right-of-way 
for the installation of a temporary water line that does not 
interfere with existing utilities located in the right-of-way.  The 
county may regulate the horizontal or vertical location of the 
pipeline within the right-of-way.
	(b)  The county may require a temporary water line operator 
to relocate facilities at the cost of the operator to accommodate 
construction or expansion of the road or for any other public work.