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	Amend HB 2655 by amending SECTION 2 to read as follows:                      
	SECTION 2. Section 13.2451, Water Code, is amended to read as 
follows:       
	Sec. 13.2451. EXTENSION BEYOND EXTRATERRITORIAL 
JURISDICTION. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 13.245, [(a) 
Except as provided by Subsection (b), if] if a municipality extends 
its extraterritorial jurisdiction to include an area certificated 
to a retail public utility, the retail public utility may continue 
and extend service in its area of public convenience and necessity 
under the rights granted by its certificate and this chapter.
	(b) A retail public utility or a municipality that seeks to 
extend a certificate of public convenience and necessity beyond the 
retail public utility's corporate boundaries, if applicable, or 
beyond a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction must ensure 
that the area for which a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity is sought complies with the requirements of Water Code §
13.241. [(b) The commission may not extend a municipality's 
certificate of public convenience and necessity beyond its 
extraterritorial jurisdiction without the written consent of the 
landowner who owns the property in which the certificate is to be 
extended. The portion of any certificate of public convenience and 
necessity that extends beyond the extraterritorial jurisdiction of 
the municipality without the consent of the landowner is void.]
	(c) If service to an area outside a municipality's 
extraterritorial jurisdiction is not provided within five years 
from the date of obtaining a certificate of public convenience and 
necessity for that area, then after notice to the municipality and a 
hearing, the Commission may decertify the portion outside of a 
municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction for which the 
municipality is not providing service. This subsection (c) is not 
applicable to a certificate of public convenience and necessity 
service area transferred to a municipality and approved by the 
Commission for which public funds were expended.
	The change is sought to ensure that retail public utilities 
and municipalities seeking certificates of public convenience and 
necessity prove that the entire service territories comply with 
Water Code §13.241. The change will prevent CCN "land grabs" from 
municipalities.