Amend CSSB 1783 by inserting a new appropriately numbered
SECTION to the bill to read as follows and renumbering subsequent
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
      SECTION ___. Subchapter C, Chapter 57, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 57.0465 to read as follows:
      Sec. 57.0465.  LIMITATION ON USE OF MONEY. (a)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, including
Section 55.405, the board may not award a grant or loan under this
subchapter to a project that would not have been eligible to
receive a grant or loan under this subchapter as it existed on
September 1, 1997, unless the board determines that:
            (1)  the board's master plan has been fully implemented
and all state and local needs identified in the plan have been met;
and
            (2)  the original purposes of the fund have been
achieved.
      (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a project, such as a
telemedicine project, that is categorically related to a project
that would have been eligible for a grant or loan on September 1,
1997, regardless of whether the particular project becomes eligible
after September 1, 1997.