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Amend CSSB 408 (house committee printing) as follows:                        
	(1)  Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION to 
read as follows and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION 16. Subchapter A, Chapter 62, Utilities Code, is 
amended by adding Section 62.003 to read as follows:
	Sec. 62.003. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO AUDIO AND VIDEO 
PROGRAMMING. (a)  This section applies only to a provider of 
advanced services or local exchange telephone service that has more 
than 500,000 access lines in service in this state and that delivers 
audio or video programming to its subscribers.
	(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a 
provider of advanced services or local exchange telephone service 
shall provide subscribers access to the signals of the local 
broadcast television and radio stations licensed by the Federal 
Communications Commission to serve those subscribers over the air.
	(c)  To facilitate access by subscribers of a provider of 
advanced services or local exchange telephone service to the 
signals of local broadcast stations, a station either shall be 
granted mandatory carriage or may request retransmission consent 
with the provider.
	(d)  This title does not require a provider of advanced 
services or local exchange telephone service to provide a 
television or radio station valuable consideration in exchange for 
carriage.
	(e)  A provider of advanced services or local exchange 
telephone service shall transmit without degradation the signals a 
local broadcast station delivers to the provider. The transmission 
quality offered a broadcast station may not be lower than the 
quality made available to another broadcast station or video or 
audio programming source.
	(f) A provider of advanced services or local exchange 
telephone service that delivers audio or video programming to its 
subscribers may not:
		(1) discriminate among programming providers regarding 
transmission of their signals;
		(2) delete, change, or alter a copyright identification 
transmitted as part of their signals; or
		(3) deliver substantially similar programming from a 
broadcast station or other programmer outside a subscriber's 
broadcast coverage area.
	(g) A provider of advanced services or local exchange 
telephone service that delivers audio or video programming to its 
subscribers shall include all programming providers in a subscriber 
programming guide that lists program schedules. 
	(2) Strike Subdivision (7), SECTION 43 of the bill (page 46, 
line 16), and substitute the following:
		(7) Subchapters B-F, Chapter 62.