Amend CSHB 1983 as follows:
      (1)  On page 16, strike lines 26 through 27 and substitute
the following:
      SECTION 1.  Section 771.058, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection
(d) to read as follows:
      (2)  On page 17, between lines 16 and 17, insert the
following:
      (c)  Participation in the regional plan by an emergency
communication district does not affect the organization or
operation of the district, except that the district may not collect
an emergency communication fee or other special fee for 9-1-1
service not permitted by this chapter.  Participation by the
district in the plan does not affect the district's authority to
set its own fees in the territory under its jurisdiction on January
1, 1988.  Participation in the regional plan by a public agency or
group of public agencies operating as an emergency communication
district as provided by Subsection (d) does not affect the
authority of the public agency or group of public agencies to set
its own fees in territory:
            (1)  under its jurisdiction at the time of recognition;
or
            (2)  added to the district after the recognition.
      (d)  In a county with a population of 120,000 or less, a
public agency or group of public agencies acting jointly that
contracted with a service provider before September 1, 1987, to
provide 9-1-1 service by resolution of its governing body may
withdraw from a regional plan in which it chooses to participate.
A public agency or group of public agencies that withdraws from a
regional plan under this subsection shall be recognized and operate
as an emergency communication district in the agency's or group's
geographic jurisdiction.  As an emergency communication district,
the public agency or group of agencies:
            (1)  is governed by Subchapter D, Chapter 772; and
            (2)  may collect all fees authorized by that subchapter
or other applicable law.
      (3)  On page 30, between lines 6 and 7, insert an
appropriately numbered section to read as follows and renumber the
subsequent sections accordingly:
      SECTION ____.  Section 772.304(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (a)  This subchapter applies only to a county with a
population of more than 20,000 or to a group of two or more
contiguous counties each with a population of 20,000 or more in
which an emergency communication district was created under Chapter
288, Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, before
January 1, 1988, or to a public agency or group of public agencies
that withdraws from participation in a regional plan under Section
771.058(d).