Amend HB 52 on third reading as follows:
      (1) Insert a new SECTION 7 to the bill to read as follows:
      SECTION 7.  Section 232.028, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (g) The commissioners court may impose a fee for certificates
issued for land in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a
municipality.  The fee may not be greater than any fee imposed by a
municipality for a certificate issued under Section 212.0115.  A
person who obtains a certificate issued under this section for land
in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is not
required to obtain a certificate under Section 212.0115.
      (2) Renumber the existing SECTION 7 and subsequent sections
of the bill appropriately.
      (3) In SECTION 15 of the bill (renumbered from Section 14 by
second reading Floor Amendment No. 1), strike "SECTION 15.  Section
212.012 (c), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:"
and substitute the following:
      SECTION 15.  Sections 212.012 (a) and (c), Local Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
      (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an entity described
by Subsection (b) may not serve or connect any land with water,
sewer, electricity, gas, or other utility service unless the entity
has been presented with or otherwise holds a certificate applicable
to the land issued under Section 212.0115 or 232.028.