Amend Floor Amendment No. 45 to CSSB 3 (House committee 
printing) as follows:
	1. Add the following appropriately numbered Article to the 
Amendment and renumber subsequent Articles of the bill accordingly.

ARTICLE ____. RATE CLASSES FOR BILLING
	SECTION ____.01. Subchapter H, Chapter 49, Water Code, is 
amended by adding Section 49.2122 to read as follows:
	Sec. 49.2122. ESTABLISHMENT OF CUSTOMER CLASSES. (a) 
Notwithstanding any other law, a district may establish different 
charges, fees, rentals, or deposits among classes of customers that 
are based on any factor the district considers appropriate, 
including:
		(1) the similarity of the type of customer to other 
customers in the class, including:
			(A) residential;                                                      
			(B) commercial;                                                       
			(C) industrial;                                                       
			(D) apartment;                                                        
			(E) rental housing;                                                   
			(F) irrigation;                                                       
			(G) homeowner associations;                                           
			(H) builder;                                                          
			(I) out-of-district;                                                  
			(J) nonprofit organization; and                                       
			(K) any other type of customer as determined by 
the district;       
		(2) the type of services provided to the customer class;               
		(3) the cost of facilities, operations, and 
administrative services to provide service to a particular class of 
customer, including additional costs to the district for security, 
recreational facilities, or fire protection paid from other 
revenues; and
		(4) the total revenues, including ad valorem tax 
revenues and connection fees, received by the district from a class 
of customers relative to the cost of service to the class of 
customers.
	(b) A district is presumed to have weighed and considered 
appropriate factors and to have properly established charges, fees, 
rentals, and deposits absent a showing that the district acted 
arbitrarily and capriciously.