Amend CSHB 789 as follows:                                                   
	(1)  On page 66, lines 8-25, strike SECTIONS 85 and 86 of the 
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly.
	(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to 
read as follows and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION      . Section 57.045, Utilities Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 57.045. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION [BOARD]. (a) The 
commission [board] shall administer the fund and the two accounts 
in the fund.
	(b)  The commission [board] shall prepare an annual report 
that:
		(1)  details the revenues deposited to the credit of the 
fund, including each account; and
		(2)  summarizes the grants and loans made from each 
account.                
	(c)  Not later than January 15 of each year, the commission 
[board] shall submit the report for the preceding year to the 
governor and to each standing committee in the senate and house of 
representatives that has jurisdiction over public or higher 
education.
	(d)  The commission [board] may:                       
		(1)  enter into contracts with state agencies or private 
entities necessary to perform the commission's [board's] duties;
		(2) adopt rules as necessary to administer this 
subchapter;                 
		(3) [employ personnel reasonably necessary to perform 
duties delegated by the board;
		[(4)] appoint one or more committees to assist the 
commission [board] in performing the commission's [board's] duties; 
and
		(4)  [(5)] accept a gift or grant and use it for the 
purposes of this subchapter.
	(e) The commission [board] shall establish an assistance 
program to provide education concerning the telecommunications 
infrastructure fund and to facilitate access to funds and programs 
under this subchapter by health care facilities and by physicians 
licensed to practice medicine in this state. The assistance program 
must include a toll-free telephone number and provide access to 
information through the Internet.
	(f)  A reference in this subchapter or other law to the 
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board means the commission.
	SECTION      . Section 57.051, Utilities Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 57.051. SUNSET PROVISION. The Telecommunications 
Infrastructure Fund [Board] is subject to Chapter 325, Government 
Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided 
by that chapter, [the board is abolished and] this subchapter 
expires September 1, 2013 [2005].
	(3)  On page 110, lines 18-21, strike Subdivisions (44)-(46) 
and substitute the following:
		(44) Section 57.042 (2);                                                      
		(45) Section 57.044;                                                          
		(46) Sections 57.048 (c) and (d);                                             
	(4)  On page 111, line 23 through page 112, line 3, strike 
SECTION 138 (a) of the bill and substitute the following:
	(a)  If, on the day before the effective date of this Act, the 
assessment prescribed by Section 57.048, Utilities Code, is imposed 
at a rate of less than 1.25 percent, the comptroller of public 
accounts shall, effective September 1, 2005, reset the rate of the 
assessment to 1.25 percent.