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	Amend SB 686 by striking amendments number 4 and 5 from second 
reading and 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 shall 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 
water line within the right-of-way.
	(b)  A county may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or 
regulation that establishes or conflicts with a safety standard or 
practice applicable to a temporary water line that is regulated 
under state or federal law.