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Amend CSSB 3 (House Committee Printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1.12 of the bill, in the recital to the section (page 22, lines 21 and 22), strike "Subsection (b), Section
11.134, Water Code, is amended" and substitute "Section 11.134,
Water Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding
Subsection (d)".
(2) In SECTION 1.12 of the bill, following amended Section
11.134(b), Water Code (page 23, between lines 19 and 20), insert the
following:
(d) Until the commission establishes an environmental flow
set-aside under Section 11.1471(a)(2) for the applicable river
basin and bay system, the commission may not issue:
(1) a permit for a new appropriation or an amendment to
an existing water right that increases the amount of water
authorized to be stored, taken, or diverted; or
(2) an amendment to an existing water right to allow
the holder of the water right to reuse water that has been taken or
diverted and used before the holder conducts the water back to the
watercourse or stream from which it was taken or diverted.