Amend CSSB 1783 as follows:
      (1)  On page 1, strike lines 49 through 52 and substitute the
following:
            "(1)  "Advance service" means a service that,
regardless of transmission medium or technology, is capable of
originating and receiving data transmissions with an upstream speed
of at least 128 kilobits per second and a downstream speed of at
least 200 kilobits per second."
      (2)  On page 1, line 64, insert the following and renumber
accordingly:
            "(3)  "Bona fide request" means a retail request from a
person residing in a rural community that:
                  (A)  requests that a provider offer an advanced
service in the community and sets forth the name, address, and
telephone number of each person to whom service is to be provided;
                  (B)  sets forth the service area proposed to be
served within the community; and
                  (C)  contains the agreement of the customer to
presubscribe to an advanced service the provider offers in the
rural community with a minimum term commitment of one year at
prices and on terms and conditions reasonably comparable to those
offered in the company's larger exchanges."
      (3)  On page 2, line 43, between "state" and "." insert, ",
if the community is not already receiving advanced services, as
defined in Section 55.402, from a wire-line provider."
      (4)  On page 2, strike lines 46 through 47.
      (5)  On page 2, line 57, between "applicable." and "A"
insert:  "An election pursuant to this section supercedes any
provisions in any prior commission orders relating to pricing of
services specific to the electing company."
      (6)  On page 2, line 63, strike "landline" and substitute
"wire-line".
      (7)  On page 3, line 29, between "state" and "." insert, ",
if the community is not already receiving advanced services, as
defined in Section 55.402, from a wire-line provider."
      (8)  On page 3, line 36, strike "landline" and substitute
"wire-line".
      (9)  On page 3, line 38, between "exchanges." and "Upon"
insert:
      "The advanced service a company offers is reasonably
comparable to the advanced service a community requests if it meets
or exceeds the criteria of Section 55.402(1)."
      (10)  On page 3, line 51, insert new Subsection (f) to read
as follows and renumber subsequent sections appropriately:
      "(f)  The price of an advanced service is reasonably
comparable if it is offered at monthly rates no higher than 125
percent of the price of comparable advanced services offered by the
same provider in its other service territories.  The terms and
conditions of an offering of advanced service are reasonably
comparable if the terms and conditions are applicable to the
advanced service of the same technology offered by the same
provider in its other service territories.  The quality of an
offering of advanced service is reasonably comparable if the
advanced service a provider offers under this subsection has a
similar level of reliability of another advanced service."
      (11)  On page 4, line 40, between "AUTHORITY." and
"Notwithstanding" insert:
      "This subchapter establishes the state's uniform policy for
the deployment of advanced services in rural communities.
Accordingly, this subchapter supercedes any provisions in any prior
commission orders."
      (12)  On page 4, line 42, after "Subchapter." insert:
      "Not later than November 1, 2004, the commission shall begin
a review and evaluation of the availability and quality of advanced
services and information services in rural and high cost areas, as
well as the issue of whether this state's definition of advanced
service should be modified to take into account advances in
technology and changes in market conditions.  The commission shall
file a report with the legislature not later than January 1, 2005.
The report shall include the commission's recommendations on the
issues reviewed and evaluated."
      (13)  On page 7, line 13, strike ".625" and substitute ".5".
      (14)  Renumber sections appropriately.