Amend HB 735 (House Committee Printing) as follows:                          
	(1)  Strike Section 14 (a) of the bill (page 12, lines 7-12) 
and substitute: 
	(a)  Liability for the assessment imposed under Section 
57.048, Utilities Code, expires March 31, 2007.  The assessment 
imposed for the calendar quarter ending March 31, 2007, is due on 
the last day of April, 2007, and Section 57.048, Utilities Code, is 
continued in effect for the collection of the assessment due and for 
civil and criminal enforcement of the liability for that 
assessment.  If this Act does not take effect immediately, the 
Public Utility Commission of Texas by rule shall require a 
telecommunications utility or commercial mobile service provider 
subject to Section 57.048, Utilities Code, to refund to the 
customers amounts collected that relate to the assessment imposed 
under that section after March 31, 2007. The Public Utility 
Commission of Texas shall prescribe the mechanism used to make the 
refunds.
	(2)  Strike Section 15 of the bill (page 12, lines 19-26) and 
substitute:    
	SECTION 15.  This Act takes effect immediately if this Act 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate 
effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2007.