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	Amend CSSB 3 (House committee printing) in ARTICLE 2 of the 
bill by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that ARTICLE accordingly:
	SECTION 2.____. Subsections (a), and (e), Section 36.1071, 
Water Code are amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 36.1071. MANAGEMENT PLAN. (a) Following notice and 
hearing, the district shall, in coordination with surface water 
management entities on a regional basis, develop a comprehensive 
management plan which addresses the following management goals, as 
applicable:
		(1) providing the most efficient use of groundwater;                          
		(2) controlling and preventing waste of groundwater;                          
		(3) controlling and preventing subsidence;                                    
		(4) addressing conjunctive surface water management 
issues;                 
		(5) addressing natural resource issues;                                       
		(6) addressing drought conditions;                                            
		(7) addressing conservation, recharge enhancement, 
rainwater harvesting, precipitation enhancement, or brush control, 
where appropriate and cost-effective; [and]
		(8) addressing in a quantitative manner the desired 
future conditions of the groundwater resources [.] ; and
		(9) addressing total aquifer storage.                                  
	(e) In the management plan described under Subsection (a), 
the district shall:
		(1) identify the performance standards and management 
objectives under which the district will operate to achieve the 
management goals identified under Subsection (a);
		(2) specify, in as much detail as possible, the actions, 
procedures, performance, and avoidance that are or may be necessary 
to effect the plan, including specifications and proposed rules;
		(3) include estimates of the following:                                       
			(A) managed available groundwater in the district 
based on the desired future condition and the total aquifer storage 
established under Section 36.108;
			(B) the amount of groundwater being used within 
the district on an annual basis;
			(C) the annual amount of recharge from 
precipitation, if any, to the groundwater resources within the 
district;
			(D) for each aquifer, the annual volume of water 
that discharges from the aquifer to springs and any surface water 
bodies, including lakes, streams, and rivers;
			(E) the annual volume of flow into and out of the 
district within each aquifer and between aquifers in the district, 
if a groundwater availability model is available;
			(F) the projected surface water supply in the 
district according to the most recently adopted state water plan; 
and
			(G) the projected total demand for water in the 
district according to the most recently adopted state water plan; 
and
		(4) consider the water supply needs and water 
management strategies included in the adopted state water plan.
	SECTION 2.____. Subsection (f), Section 36.108, Water Code is 
amended to read as follows:
	(f) A district or person with a legally defined interest in 
the groundwater within the management area may file a petition with 
the commission requesting an inquiry if a district or districts 
refused to join in the planning process or the process failed to 
result in adequate planning, [including]or the establishment of 
reasonable future desired conditions of the aquifers, and the 
petition provides evidence that:
		(1) a district in the groundwater management area has 
failed to adopt rules;
		(2) the rules adopted by a district are not designed to 
achieve the desired future condition of the groundwater resources 
in the groundwater management area established during the joint 
planning process;
		(3) the groundwater in the management area is not 
adequately protected by the rules adopted by a district; [or]
		(4) the groundwater in the groundwater management area 
is not adequately protected due to the failure of a district to 
enforce substantial compliance with its rules[.] ; or
		(5) the process failed to result in the establishment of 
reasonable desired future conditions of the aquifer.