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.