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 32 to read as follows: Sec. 32. (a) The District shall permit a customer to pay a bill at one or more retail locations in the District. (b) The District may not close a customer service branch that is in operation on May 1, 2007. This subsection expires May 1, 2017.