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Amend CSHB 2694 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1)  In SECTION 2.02 of the bill, in added Section 91.0115(c), Natural Resources Code (page 2, line 33), strike "only".
(2)  In ARTICLE 2 of the bill, insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION 2.__.  Subchapter D, Chapter 91, Natural Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 91.1015 to read as follows:
Sec. 91.1015.  GROUNDWATER PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS. The commission shall adopt rules to establish groundwater protection requirements for operations that are within the jurisdiction of the commission, including requirements relating to the depth of surface casing for wells.
(3)  In SECTION 2.05 of the bill, in amended Section 27.046(a), Water Code (page 2, line 58), between "until the" and "commission", insert "railroad".
(4)  In SECTION 4.01 of the bill, in added Section 5.753(d-1), Water Code (page 4, line 35), strike "other".
(5)  In SECTION 4.05 of the bill, in added Section 7.067(a-2), Water Code (page 5, line 27), strike "rules requiring" and substitute "a requirement for".
(6)  In SECTION 4.05 of the bill, in added Section 7.067(a-2)(1), Water Code (page 5, line 28), strike "entity's" and substitute "respondent's".
(7)  In SECTION 4.05 of the bill, in added Section 7.067(a-2)(2), Water Code (page 5, line 30), strike "ability of the entity" and substitute "respondent's ability".
(8)  In SECTION 4.08 of the bill, in added Section 26.351(c-1), Water Code (page 6, line 3), strike "remediate" and substitute "remove".
(9)  In SECTION 4.08 of the bill, in added Section 26.351(c-2), Water Code (page 6, line 7), strike "remediate" and substitute "remove".
(10)  In SECTION 4.11 of the bill, in Subsection (c) of the transition language (page 7, line 17), strike "a petroleum" and substitute "an underground".
(11)  In SECTION 4.11 of the bill (page 7, between lines 18 and 19), insert the following:
(d)  The fee applicable to a delivery in Section 26.3574(b), Water Code, as that subsection existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, remains in effect until the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality adopts and implements a fee applicable to that delivery under Section 26.3574(b-1), Water Code, as added by this article.
(12)  In the recital to SECTION 5.01 of the bill (page 7, line 21), strike "(e), and (f)" and substitute "(e), (f), and (g)".
(13)  In SECTION 5.01 of the bill, in amended Section 11.031, Water Code (page 7, between lines 32 and 33), insert the following:
(g)  Subsections (e) and (f) do not affect the authority of a watermaster to obtain water use information under other law.
(14)  In SECTION 6.01 of the bill, in amended Section 401.246(a), Health and Safety Code (page 8, line 20), between "Waste" and "Compact", insert "Disposal".
(15)  In SECTION 6.03 of the bill, in amended Section 5.701(n)(3), Water Code (page 8, lines 59-60), strike "only to the commission or to the Public Utility Commission of Texas" and substitute "by a rider to the General Appropriations Act to an agency with duties related to water and sewer utility regulation or representation of residential and small commercial consumers of water and sewer utility services".
(16)  In ARTICLE 6 of the bill, insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the ARTICLE accordingly:
SECTION 6.__.  The changes in law made by Section 5.701, Water Code, as amended by this article, apply only to a fee assessed on or after January 1, 2012. A fee assessed before January 1, 2012, is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(17)  In SECTION 7.01 of the bill, strike added Section 13.1325, Water Code (page 9, lines 35-40), and substitute the following:
Sec. 13.1325.  ELECTRONIC COPIES OF RATE INFORMATION. On request, the state agency with jurisdiction over rates charged by water and sewer utilities shall provide, at a reasonable cost, electronic copies of all information provided to the agency under Sections 13.016, 13.043, and 13.187 to the extent that the information is available and is not confidential. Copies of all information provided to the agency shall be provided to the Office of Public Utility Counsel, on request, at no cost to the office.
(18)  In SECTION 8.05 of the bill, in amended Section 367.009, Health and Safety Code (page 10, line 40), between "Money" and "appropriated", insert "collected and".