Amend CSSB 7 as follows:
      (1)  In Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, as added by
SECTION 33 of the bill (page 16, line 35), insert a new Section
39.1025, Utilities Code, to read as follows:
      Sec. 39.1025.  SELECTION OF PROVIDER BY MUNICIPALITY.  (a)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, on or before
December 31, 2001, the governing body of a municipality may notify
the commission that the municipality intends to act as the sole
negotiator for the purchase of electricity from retail electric
providers for all residential and small commercial customers in the
municipality after the introduction of customer choice.
      (b)  The municipality may not notify the commission under
Subsection (a) unless the governing body of the municipality adopts
an ordinance designating the municipality as the sole negotiator
for the purchase of electricity from retail electric providers for
all residential and small commercial customers in the municipality.
      (c)  On or after January 1, 2004, the governing body of the
municipality shall call an election on the question of continuing
to serve as the sole negotiator if the governing body receives a
petition requesting the election signed by a number of registered
voters of the municipality equal to at least five percent of the
total vote received in the municipality by all the candidates for
governor in the most recent gubernatorial general election.
      (d)  If a majority of the qualified voters of the
municipality voting at the election called for that purpose vote in
favor of allowing the municipality to continue to serve as the sole
negotiator:
            (1)  the municipality shall continue this duty; and
            (2)  another election on the question may not be held
before the second anniversary of the date of the most recent
election on that question.
      (e)  If a majority of the qualified voters of the
municipality voting at the election called for that purpose vote
against allowing the municipality to continue to serve as the sole
negotiator, each residential and small commercial customer in the
municipality shall have customer choice in accordance with this
subtitle on and after the 30th day after the date the election
results are official.
      (f)  The retail electric provider serving residential and
small commercial customers in a municipality that votes against
allowing the municipality to continue to serve as the sole
negotiator may continue to serve a residential or small commercial
customer in the municipality until the customer chooses service
from a different retail electric provider.
      (g)  The Election Code governs an election held under this
section.
      (2)  In Subchapter H, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, as added by
SECTION 33 of the bill (page 38, line 55), insert a new Section
39.3545 to read as follows:
      Sec. 39.3545.  MUNICIPALITY NOT REQUIRED TO OBTAIN
CERTIFICATION OR TO REGISTER.  A municipality acting as the sole
negotiator for the purchase of electricity from retail electric
providers for residential and small commercial customers in the
municipality under Section 39.1025 is not required to obtain
certification as an aggregator under Section 39.353 or to register
as a municipal aggregator under Section 39.354.