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Amend CSHB 789 as follows:
(1) on page 29, strike line 1 and substitute:
SECTION 32. Section 54.202, Utilities Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c)
(2) on page 29, between lines 13 and 14, insert:
(c) Subsection (a) does not prevent a municipally owned
utility from:
(1) providing a governmental function or a service to
its customers that is enabled, enhanced, delivered to, or available
to the public using the Internet, including:
(A) bill paying services;
(B) emergency services;
(C) constituent services;
(D) utility meter reading; and
(E) permitting; and
(2) providing access to its transmission and
distribution facilities under a contract with another entity that
allows the entity to offer to the entity's customers high speed data
services using broadband over power line technology.