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(ii)  withdrawn at the request of the permit applicant; or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.