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Amend CSHB 2694 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 5 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION 5.____. Section 11.002(12), Water Code, is amended to read as follows:
(12) "Agriculture" means any of the following activities:
(A) cultivating the soil to produce crops for human food, animal feed, or planting seed or for the production of fibers;
(B) the practice of floriculture, viticulture, silviculture, and horticulture, including the cultivation of plants in containers or nonsoil media, by a nursery grower;
(C) raising, feeding, or keeping animals for breeding purposes or for the production of food or fiber, leather, pelts, or other tangible products having a commercial value;
(D) raising or keeping equine animals;
(E) wildlife management; [and]
(F) planting cover crops, including cover crops cultivated for transplantation, or leaving land idle for the purpose of participating in any governmental program or normal crop or livestock rotation procedure; and
(G) aquaculture, as defined by Section 134.001, Agriculture Code.