Amend CSSB 1384 as follows: 1. Strike lines 38 through 41 on Page 1 of the Committee Report and insert in lieu thereof the following: (5) may intervene as a matter of right or otherwise appear in a judicial proceeding that affects the rates or services applicable to residential consumers, as a class, including but not limited to proceedings involving the constitutionality, applicability or construction of a statute and proceedings arising out of an investigation or informal proceeding of an administrative agency; 2. Amend Section 13.003, Utilities Code, by adding a new subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) This subsection shall not limit the authority of the office to participate in any judicial proceeding as provided by subsections (a)(1) through (a)(4). The authority conferred by subsection (a)(5) shall not include the right to intervene or otherwise appear in a judicial proceeding involving: (1) the terms and conditions of employment by or with a utility; (2) a dispute involving an individual customer of a utility, except as provided by subsection (a)(8); (3) a private dispute between telecommunications providers and suppliers not affecting rates and services; (4) a dispute regarding a contract between a municipality and a telecommunications provider for municipal franchise fees, except as provided by Subsection (a)(4); or (5) interconnection agreements between telecommunications providers, except as provided by Subsection (a)(4). 3. Insert between lines 54 and 55 on page 1 of the Committee Report a new SECTION and renumber subsequent SECTIONS appropriately, with the new SECTION to read as follows: SECTION ____. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), this Act is effective September 1, 1999. (b) Section 13.003(a)(5), Utilities Code, applies only to a judicial proceeding initiated on or after September 1, 1999.