FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
                        SECOND SESSION, 1998
  
  
                                                February l0, l998
  
  
  Mr. Speaker:
  
       Your AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE, to
  whom has been referred
  
                        HOUSE BILL 363
  
  has had it under consideration and reports same with
  recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
  
       1.  On page 4, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following
  new subsection:
  
            "C.  A significant component of the long-term strategy
  and short-term action plan developed by the interstate stream
  commission pursuant to Subsection A of this section will be an
  analysis of how the long-term strategy and short-term action plan
  could adversely affect surrounding aquifers, specifically
  nonreplenishable aquifers such as the Ogallala.".,
  
  and thence referred to the ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
  COMMITTEE.
  
                                Respectfully submitted,
  
  
  
                                                                 
                                                              G. X. McSherry, Chairman
  
  
                                     Adopted                            Not Adopted                         
            (Chief Clerk)                      (Chief Clerk)
  
                        Date                
  
  The roll call vote was  6  For  1  Against
  Yes:      6
            No:       Johnson
            Excused:  Garnenez, Porter
            Absent:   None
  
  
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