Amend the Uher amendment to SB 7 as follows: (1) Strike proposed Section 39.9015 of the Utilities Code (page 1 line 5 through page 2, line 20) and substitute the following: Sec. 39.9015. INTERIM STUDY ON AFFECTED TAXING UNITS. (a) The lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint an interim committee to conduct an interim study and make recommendations regarding the effect of electric utility restructuring on the tax revenue of taxing units in a county on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, as defined by Section 1.04, Tax Code, other than school districts, that levied an ad valorem tax on a nuclear asset of an electric utility on January 1, 1999. (b) Not later than January 1, 2001, the interim committee shall file with the lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of representatives a report containing an evaluation of: (1) the fiscal impact of electric utility restructuring on taxing units; and (2) recommendations to mitigate any reduction in tax revenue to affected taxing units, including allocations from the system benefit fund. (c) This section expires January 2, 2001. Sec. 39.9016. NUCLEAR SAFETY FEE. An electric utility that operates a nuclear asset located in a county on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico shall pay a nuclear safety fee for the year 2000 and the year 2001 to each taxing unit in which the nuclear asset is located, other than a school district, in an amount equal to the difference between the ad valorem taxes imposed by the taxing unit in 1999 and the amount of ad valorem taxes imposed the unit in the year for which the fee is due, except that the amount of the fee may not exceed one-half the taxes imposed on the asset by the unit in 1999. The nuclear safety fee shall be considered a tax or fee under Section 39.258 (5). (2) Strike the text on page 2, line 21, through page 3, line 1.