Amend Amendment No. 9 by P. King to SB 709 by inserting the following subsection to the SECTION amended by the amendment and relettering subsequent subsections of that SECTION accordingly:
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the changes in law made by this Act do not apply to:
(1) a permit application:
(A) filed after the effective date of this Act; and
(B) that is substantially similar to a permit application for which a draft permit has been issued and that was:
(i) filed before the effective date of this Act; and
(ii) withdrawn at the request of the permit applicant; or
(2) a judicial proceeding:
(A) initiated after the effective date of this Act; and
(B) that is substantially similar to a judicial proceeding initiated before the effective date of this Act that has been dismissed at the request of the permit applicant.