Amend CSHB 846, as follows:
      (1)  Strike SECTION 1 of the bill in its entirety, and
substitute the following:
      SECTION 1.  Section 36.001(8), Water Code, is amended to read
as follows:
      (8)  "Waste" means any one or more of the following:
            (A)  withdrawal of groundwater from a groundwater
reservoir at a rate and in an amount that causes or threatens to
cause intrusion into the reservoir of water unsuitable for
agricultural, gardening, domestic, or stock raising purposes;
            (B)  the flowing or producing of wells from a
groundwater reservoir if the water produced is not used for a
beneficial purpose;
            (C)  escape of groundwater from a groundwater reservoir
to any other reservoir or geologic strata that does not contain
groundwater;
            (D)  pollution or harmful alteration of groundwater in
a groundwater reservoir by saltwater or by other deleterious matter
admitted from another stratum or from the surface of the ground;
            (E)  wilfully or negligently causing, suffering, or
allowing groundwater to escape into any river, creek, natural
watercourse, depression, lake, reservoir, drain, sewer, street,
highway, road, or road ditch, or onto any land other than that of
the owner of the well unless such discharge is authorized by
permit, rule, or order issued by the commission under Chapter 26;
            (F)  groundwater pumped for irrigation that escapes as
irrigation tailwater onto land other than that of the owner of the
well unless permission has been granted by the occupant of the land
receiving the discharge; <or>
            (G)  pumping groundwater from one aquifer to another
aquifer for artificial recharge if:
                  (i)  the board of the district with jurisdiction
over either the supplying or the receiving aquifer finds that the
recharge project will pollute or degrade the supplying or the
receiving aquifer or the artificially recharged waters; or
                  (ii)  the point of artificial recharge into the
receiving aquifer is 30 miles or less from the point of withdrawal
of groundwater for artificial recharge from the supplying aquifer;
or
            (H)  for water produced from an artesian well, "waste"
has the meaning assigned by Section 11.205.
      (2)  Strike SECTION 5 of the bill in its entirety and
renumber the remaining sections.
      (3)  Add a new SECTION ____ of the bill to read as follows:
      SECTION ____.  Section 36.122(d), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      (d)  In determining whether to issue a permit under this
section, the district shall consider:
            (1)  the availability of water in the district and in
the proposed receiving area during the period for which the water
supply is requested;
            (2)  the availability of feasible and practicable
alternative supplies to the applicant;
            (3)  the amount and purposes of use in the proposed
receiving area for which water is needed;
            (4)  the projected effect of the proposed transfer on
aquifer conditions, depletion, subsidence, or effects on existing
permit holders or other groundwater users within the district;
<and>
            (5)  the approved regional water plan and certified
district management plan;