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	Amend the Turner Amendment to CSHB 1779 by adding the 
following items:     
	(1) Add the following Sections to the bill:                                    
	SECTION __. Section 304.001(d), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(d) A political subdivision corporation may negotiate on 
behalf of its incorporating political subdivisions and the citizens 
of member political subdivisions who create citizen aggregation 
programs under Section 304.002 for the purchase of electricity, 
make contracts for the purchase of electricity, purchase 
electricity, and take any other action necessary to purchase 
electricity for use in the public facilities or by citizens of the 
political subdivision or subdivisions represented by the political 
subdivision corporation. In this subsection, "electricity" means 
electric energy, capacity, energy services, ancillary services, or 
other electric services for retail or wholesale consumption by the 
political subdivisions.
	SECTION __. Section 304.002, Local Government Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b-1), 
(d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
	(a) political subdivision aggregator may negotiate for the 
purchase of electricity and energy services, contract for the 
purchase of electricity, purchase electricity, and take any other 
action necessary to purchase electricity on behalf of the citizens 
of the political subdivision or subdivisions. The citizens must 
affirmatively request  to be included in the aggregation services 
by the political subdivision aggregator.
	(b-1) The governing body of a political subdivision with a 
population of less than 125,000 may adopt an ordinance or 
resolution providing for automatic enrollment of citizens of the 
political subdivision in aggregation services. If the governing 
body of the political subdivision provides for automatic enrollment 
of the citizens in aggregation services, the political subdivision 
shall send to each citizen by mail a 60 day written notice that 
citizens served by an affiliated retail electric provider will be 
automatically enrolled unless a citizen expressly requests to not 
be enrolled.
	(d) An affiliated retail electric provider and the 
transmission and distribution utility shall provide to a political 
subdivision any information the political subdivision considers 
necessary to solicit or administer an aggregation program under 
this section, including the name, address, electric service 
identifier, and monthly usage of each residential customer who 
reside in the political subdivision. The consent of a customer may 
not be required as a condition of providing information to a 
political subdivision under this subsection. The political 
subdivision may provide to a third party or an aggregator 
information received under this subsection, but only for the 
purpose of bidding on, implementing, and administering the 
aggregation program.
	(e) This section is not intended to abrogate an electric 
service contract between a citizen of any municipality and a 
competitive retail electric provider.
	(f) Any savings attributable to the aggregation program shall 
be directed to citizen participants except that the political 
subdivision may recover its actual administrative costs.