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	Amend SB 21 (house committee printing) by adding the 

following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 

renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill as appropriate:

	SECTION __.  Chapter 64, Utilities Code, is amended by 

adding Subchapter F to read as follows:



SUBCHAPTER F.  TRUTH IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS BILLING

	Sec. 64.251.  DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "commercial 

mobile service provider" means a provider of commercial mobile 

service as defined by Section 332(d), Communications Act of 1934 

(47 U.S.C. Section 151 et seq.), Federal Communications Commission 

rules, and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 

No. 103-66).

	Sec. 64.252.  BILLING STATEMENT.  (a)  A commercial mobile 

service provider or a telecommunications provider may include only 

the following in a customer's bill:

		(1)  applicable charges for service and options 

requested by the customer; and

		(2)  taxes imposed by a governmental entity 

specifically on the customer.

	(b)  A customer's bill may not contain a fee, charge, or tax 

unless state or federal law:

		(1)  requires the customer to pay the fee, charge, or 

tax; or        

		(2)  authorizes a commercial mobile service provider or 

a telecommunications provider to include the fee, charge, or tax in 

a customer's bill.

	(c)  A violation of this section is a false, misleading, or 

deceptive act or practice within the meaning of Section 17.46, 

Business & Commerce Code, and is actionable in a public suit brought 

under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code.