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	Amend CSHB 551 (house committee printing) as follows:                        

(1)  Add the following SECTION, numbered appropriately:
	SECTION ____.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 39.903, Utilities 
Code, as amended by this Act:
		(1)  on the effective date of this Act the Public 
Utility Commission of Texas by order shall reduce the nonbypassable 
fee set under Section 39.903(b), Utilities Code, to a fee of zero 
cents per megawatt hour; and
		(2)  the Public Utility Commission of Texas may not 
increase the fee described by Subdivision (1) of this section 
without subsequent express legislative authorization.
	(b)  Notwithstanding any other law, money in the system 
benefit fund may not be appropriated or expended for any purpose 
other than a purpose authorized by Section 39.903(e), Utilities 
Code, as amended by this Act.