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Amend Floor Amendment No. 21 by Farrar (page 104 of the prefiled amendment packet) to CSSB 655, on page 1 of the amendment by striking lines 10-21, and substituting the following:

(b) The commission shall require an applicant for a permit for a well for oil or gas exploration or development to include an estimated total amount of groundwater to be used to operate the well annually.

(c) Upon the approval of a permit for a well for oil or gas exploration or development, the commission shall notify the Texas Water Development Board and the groundwater conservation district in which the well is located, if the well is located in a groundwater conservation district. The notice must include:

(1) the location of the well; and

(2) the estimated amount of water to be used by the well.

(d) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section.