Amend CSSB 2658 (senate committee report) in SECTION 2 of the bill as follows:
(1) In the recital to amended Section 36.117, Water Code (page 2, line 30), between "(e-2)," and "and" insert "(e-3),".
(2) In amended Section 36.117, Water Code (page 3, between lines 49 and 50), insert the following:
(e-3) A district may cancel a previously granted exemption granted in accordance with Subsection (b)(5) and may require an operating permit for or restrict production from a well if:
(1) the person who owns or operates the well fails to:
(A) implement and maintain the monitoring system required under Subsection (e-1)(1); or
(B) submit an annual report as required under Subsection (e-1)(2); or
(2) the district finds by a preponderance of the evidence, based on data from the monitoring system required under Subsection (e-1)(1), that the production of water from the brackish groundwater production zone:
(A) is negatively impacting or is likely to negatively impact water quality in an adjacent aquifer, subdivision of an aquifer, or geologic stratum; or
(B) is causing or is likely to cause subsidence.