Amend SB 21 (house committee printing) as follows:                           

	(1)  In SECTION 25 of the bill, in added Section 66.003, 

Utilities Code (page 57, between lines 4 and 5), between added 

Subsections (a) and (b), insert the following:

	(a-1) The commission shall notify an applicant for a 

state-issued certificate of franchise authority whether the 

applicant's affidavit described by Subsection (b) is complete 

before the 15th business day after the applicant submits the 

affidavit.

	(2)  In SECTION 25 of the bill, in added Section 66.003(b), 

Utilities Code (page 57, lines 6 and 7), strike "within 14 business 

days of receipt of an affidavit" and substitute "before the 17th 

business day after receipt of a completed affidavit".