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Amend HB 13 (House committee report) as follows:                             

	(1)  On page 63, line 2, strike "Subsections (b) and (c)" and 

substitute "Subsections (b), (c), and (d)".

	(2)  On page 63, between lines 23 and 24, insert:                              

	(d)  Any cable or video service provider with an existing 

municipal franchise may elect to terminate the franchise and apply 

for a state-issued certificate of franchise authority if a cable or 

video service provider that holds a state-issued certificate of 

franchise authority offers cable or video service in the 

municipality that issued the municipal franchise.  A cable or video 

service provider that elects to terminate a municipal franchise 

under this subsection shall provide to the commission and to the 

municipality that issued the franchise written notice of the 

provider's election.  The municipal franchise held by the cable or 

video service provider terminates on the date the commission issues 

to the cable or video service provider a state-issued certificate 

of franchise authority.

	(3)  On page 65, line 11, immediately following the period, 

insert:          

	This subsection does not abrogate, nullify, or otherwise 

affect the authority Subsection (b) or (d) grants to a cable or 

video service provider to terminate an existing franchise or to 

otherwise abrogate, nullify, or affect the terms or expiration date 

of an existing franchise.

	(4)  Re-letter the subsections of added Section 66.004, 

Utilities Code, accordingly.