Amend CSHB 1523 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 8, strike "CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS PROHIBITED" and substitute "RESTRICTION ON AUTHORIZATIONS OF USE OF CERTAIN CLASS V INJECTION WELLS".
(2) Strike page 1, line 9, through page 2, line 2, and substitute the following:
section applies only to a Class V injection well that is:
(1) located in any portion of the territory of a groundwater conservation district that is located wholly or partly in a county that:
(A) has a population of more than 70,000 and less than 100,000 and contains a portion of the Colorado River; and
(B) is adjacent to a county that has a population of one million or more; and
(2) used for an aquifer storage and recovery project operated by a municipally owned utility that primarily provides water to a municipality that:
(A) has a population of 750,000 or more; and
(B) is located in a county adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1).
(b) As a condition of authorizing the use of a Class V injection well for an aquifer storage and recovery project, the commission shall require that:
(1) the project withdraw no more water than is injected into the aquifer;
(2) the project establish monitoring wells;
(3) water quality testing be conducted in accordance with Section 27.156 and commission rules adopted under that section; and
(4) well monitoring data obtained under Subdivision (2) and water quality testing data obtained under Subdivision (3) be provided to the groundwater conservation district described by Subsection (a)(1).
(c) Before authorizing the use of a Class V injection well for an aquifer storage and recovery project, the commission shall hold a public meeting in the county in which the injection well is proposed to be located.
(d) The commission may not authorize the use of a Class V injection well for an aquifer storage and recovery project if the authorization does not include the terms provided by Subsection (b).