Amend the floor substitute to CSHB 2031 as follows:
(1) On page 8, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
(c) This chapter is intended to provide an alternative procedure for obtaining an authorization to divert and use state water that consists of marine seawater or to discharge treated marine seawater or waste resulting from the desalination of treated marine seawater under the circumstances provided by this chapter. This chapter does not affect the authority of a person to:
(1) divert and use state water that consists of marine seawater in accordance with the procedures provided by Chapter 11, including the authority to divert marine seawater from a point of diversion located in a bay or estuary; or
(2) discharge treated marine seawater or waste resulting from the desalination of treated marine seawater in accordance with the procedures provided by Chapter 26, including the authority to discharge waste resulting from the desalination of marine seawater into a bay or estuary.
(2) On page 9, strike lines 12 and 13 and substitute the following:
(f) A person may not divert marine seawater under a permit required by Subsection (a) or as authorized by Subsection (b) from a point of diversion located in a bay or estuary.
(3) On page 12, strike lines 27 and 28 and substitute the following:
(f) A person may not discharge waste resulting from the desalination of marine seawater into a bay or estuary under a permit issued under Subsection (c)(2).