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	Amend CSHB 1779 as follows:                                                  

(1)  On page 29, line 25, strike ", another state, or another 	state agency".
	(2)  On page 30, line 9, strike "$10,000" and substitute 
"$15,000".
	(3)  On page 30, line 10, strike "not".                                 
	(4)  On page 30, line 15, between "penalty" and the period, 
insert "unless the commission finds that the violation was 
committed wilfully and knowingly".
	(5)  On page 36, lines 16 and 17, strike "[public utility's, 
retail electric provider's, or electric cooperative's]" and 
substitute "[public] utility's, retail electric provider's, 
provider's, or electric cooperative's".
	(6)  On page 38, lines 8-11, strike "It is the policy of this 
state to encourage electric utilities and transmission and 
distribution utilities to use securitization financing [stranded 
costs,] because this" and substitute "This [stranded costs, because 
this]".
	(7)  Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION to 
the bill and renumber following SECTIONS as appropriate:
	SECTION ____.  Section 39.205, Utilities Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 39.205.  REGULATION OF COSTS FOLLOWING FREEZE PERIOD.  
At the conclusion of the freeze period, any remaining costs 
associated with nuclear decommissioning obligations continue to be 
subject to cost of service rate regulation and shall be included as 
a nonbypassable charge to retail customers.  The commission may 
adopt rules necessary to ensure that money for decommissioning is 
prudently collected, managed, and spent for its intended purpose 
and that money that remains unspent after decommissioning is 
completed is returned to retail customers.