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	Amend Amendment No. 79 as follows:                                           
	On Page 9, by striking Sec. 1.26A (e) and replacing it with 
the following:   
	(e)  Texas A&M University shall assist in the creation of a 
steering committee to oversee and assist in the development of the 
cooperative agreement under Subsection (c) of this section.  The 
steering committee must be created not later than September 30, 
2007.  The initial steering committee shall be composed of:
		(1)  a representative of each of the following 
entities, as appointed by the governing body of that entity:
			(A)  the Edwards Aquifer Authority;                                   
			(B)  the Texas Commission on Environmental 
Quality;                 
			(C)  the Parks and Wildlife Department;                               
			(D)  the Department of Agriculture;                                   
			(E)  the Texas Water Development Board;                               
			(F)  the San Antonio Water System;                                    
			(G)  the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority;                            
			(H)  the San Antonio River Authority;                                 
			(I)  the South Central Texas Water Advisory 
Committee; and          
			(J)  Bexar County;                                                    
			(K)  CPS Energy; and                                                  
			(L)  Bexar Metropolitan Water District or its 
successor; and        
		(2)  nine other persons who respectively must be:                      
			(A)  a representative of a holder of an initial 
regular permit issued to a retail public utility located west of 
Bexar County, to be appointed by the authority;
			(B)  a representative of a holder of an initial 
regular permit issued by the authority for industrial purposes, to 
be appointed by the authority;
			(C)  a representative of a holder of an industrial 
surface water right in the Guadalupe River Basin, to be appointed by 
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
			(D)  a representative of a holder of a municipal 
surface water right in the Guadalupe River Basin, to be appointed by 
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
			(E)  a representative of a retail public utility 
in whose service area the Comal Springs or San Marcos Springs is 
located;
			(F)  a representative of a holder of an initial 
regular permit issued by the authority for irrigation, to be 
appointed by the commissioner of agriculture;
			(G)  a representative of an agricultural producer 
from the Edwards Aquifer region, to be appointed by the 
commissioner of agriculture;
			(H)  a representative of environmental interests 
from the Texas Living Waters Project, to be appointed by the 
governing body of that project; and
			(I)  a representative of recreational interests 
in the Guadalupe River Basin, to be appointed by the Parks and 
Wildlife Commission.