Amend CSHB 1565 as follows:                                                  
	(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered section:                         
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 306, Acts of the 49th Legislature, 
Regular Session, 1945, is amended by adding Section 27E to read as 
follows:
	Sec. 27E.  (a)  The District may not charge a higher water 
rate than the rate charged by the San Antonio Water System for 
comparable services.
	(b)  Not later than August 1, 2007, the District shall lower 
the water rate to the rate charged by the San Antonio Water System 
for a customer who:
		(1)  received services from the district on or after 
May 1, 2007; and
		(2)  on or after May 1, 2007, paid a higher rate than 
the rate paid by a customer of the San Antonio Water System for 
comparable services.
	(c)  The District may not raise the water rate for a customer 
to whom Subsection (b) applies.
	(d)  This subsection and Subsections (b) and (c) expire 
December 1, 2012.
	(2)  Strike page 8, line 20, and substitute the following 
appropriately numbered section:
	SECTION ____.  This Act takes effect immediately if it 
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.
	(3)  Renumber the sections of the bill accordingly.