Amend CSSB 7 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 2.02 of the substitute, immediately following newly redesignated Section 15.009(p), Water Code (page 7, between lines 67 and 68), by adding the following:
(q) The board, by providing information under this section that is confidential or otherwise excepted from required disclosure under law, does not waive or affect the confidentiality of the information for purposes of state or federal law or waive the right to assert exceptions to required disclosure of the information in the future. The board may require the requesting individual member of the advisory committee, the requesting advisory committee, or the members or employees of the advisory committee who will view, handle, or retain information that is received under this section and that is confidential under law to sign a confidentiality agreement that covers the information and requires that the information:
(1) not be disclosed to anyone but other members of the advisory committee;
(2) not be disclosed to another member of the advisory committee for purposes other than the purpose for which it was received;
(3) be labeled as confidential;
(4) be kept securely; and
(5) be controlled, such that all copies of the information or notes taken from the information that implicate the confidential nature of the information that are not destroyed or returned to the board remain confidential and subject to the confidentiality agreement.