Amend CSHB 726 (house committee report) by inserting the following appropriately numbered sections to read as follows, and renumbering the remaining sections in the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____. Section 36.414(a), Water Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a district shall process applications from a single applicant under consolidated notice and hearing procedures on written request by the applicant if the district requires a separate permit or permit amendment application for:

(1)  drilling, equipping, operating, or completing a well or substantially altering the size of a well or well pump under Section 36.113; or

(2)  the spacing of water wells or the production of groundwater under Section 36.116 [; or

(3)     transferring groundwater out of a district under Section 36.122].