Amend CSSB 560 by adding a new SECTION as follows:
      SECTION _____.  Add a new Section 54.2025, Utilities Code, to
read as follows:
      Sec.  54.2025.  RURAL TELEPHONE COMPETITION.
(a) Notwithstanding the prohibitions set forth in sections 54.201
and 54.202, either a municipality or a municipal electric system
may obtain a certificate of convenience and necessity, certificate
of operating authority or a service provider certificate of
authority so long as:
            (1) the area the municipality or electric system is
requesting certification is served by a local exchange company with
more than one million access lines in this state;
            (2) the municipality did not have a population in
excess of 70,000 according to the 1990 federal census; or
            (3) the municipal electric system did not have more
than 31,000 customers as of December 31, 1990; and
      (b) No municipality offering telecommunications services may
regulate the rates or services of the incumbent local exchange
company nor may the municipality unfairly discriminate or unfairly
exercise any preference to the disadvantage of the incumbent local
exchange company or any other telecommunications provider.