Amend CSSB 1915 as follows:
      On page 1, line 35, add the following new SECTION 2 and
renumber the subsequent sections appropriately:
      SECTION 2.  Section 3.211, Public Utility Regulatory Act of
1995 (Article 1446c-0, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended
by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
      (k)  Notwithstanding any other law, including Subtitles H and
I of this title, if the assessment imposed under Section 3.606 of
this Act is increased by an Act of the 75th Legislature, Regular
Session, 1997, the commission may permit a public utility to
recover exclusively from its retail customers the amount of the
increase.  In considering a request for this recovery, the
commission shall consider only whether the recovery is equitable in
the applicable circumstances and the proper computation of the
amount under Subtitle H or I of this title, Section 3.354 of this
Act applies to the rate adjustment procedure.