Amend CSHB 1565 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered section and renumbering the sections of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 306, Acts of the 49th Legislature, 
Regular Session, 1945, is amended by adding Section 23A to read as 
follows:
	Sec. 23A.  (a)  The District may not charge a customer who 
receives water services from the District on and after September 1, 
2007, a residential or commercial water rate that is greater than 
the rate charged by the District on September 1, 2007.  This 
subsection expires September 1, 2012.
	(b)  If, on or after September 1, 2007, the District 
contracts with a person to provide water services to District 
customers and the person with whom the District contracts has water 
rates lower than the District's, a customer who receives water 
services from the District on September 1, 2007, and when the 
contract is in effect is entitled to the water rate charged by the 
person with whom the District contracts.