Amend CSHB 1221 (senate committee report) as follows:

(1)  Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION of the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:

SECTION ____.  It is the intent of the legislature that Section 5.008(b), Property Code, as amended by this Act, does not:

(1)  require a seller to disclose that the residential real property subject to a notice required by that section is located in a groundwater conservation district or a subsidence district unless the seller has actual knowledge on the date of the notice that the real property is located in a groundwater conservation district or a subsidence district; or

(2)  create any duty for any person to investigate to determine if the residential real property is located in a groundwater conservation district or a subsidence district.

(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 5.008(b), Property Code (page 3, lines 53-55), strike ", a subsidence district, or other special purpose district with the authority to regulate the withdrawal of groundwater" and substitute "or a subsidence district".