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Amend CSHB 2694 (house committee printing) in Article 4 of the bill by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:

SECTION 4.____. Section 382.0518, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:

(j) The commission may not issue a permit for a new electric generating facility or a major modification to an existing electric generating facility unless the applicant has submitted an assessment that compares the best available control technologies for a water-cooling technology to the technology proposed for use by the facility.