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Substitute the following for the Miller Amendment to the P.
King Amendment to CSSB 482:
Amend Amendment No. 1 by P. King to CSSB 482 (house committee
printing) as follows:
(1) On page 9, beginning on line 25, strike "the commission
not less than 120 days before the closing of any transaction in
which" and substitute "and obtain approval from the commission
before closing any transaction in which".
(2) On page 10, line 1, strike the underlined period and
substitute:
; or
(3) a controlling interest or operational control of
the electric utility or transmission and distribution utility will
be transferred.
(3) On page 10, strike lines 2-4 and substitute the
following:
(b) The commission shall approve a transaction under
Subsection (a) if it finds that the transaction is in the public
interest. In making its determination, the commission shall
consider whether the transaction will adversely affect the
reliability of service, availability of service, or cost of service
of the electric utility or transmission and distribution utility.
The commission shall make the determination not later than the
180th day after the date the commission receives the relevant
report. If the commission has not made a determination before the
181st day after that date, the transaction is considered approved.
(4) On page 10, between lines 17 and 18, insert a new
Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a transaction
described by Subsection (a) for which a definitive agreement was
executed before April 1, 2007, if an electric utility or
transmission and distribution utility or a person seeking to
acquire or merge with an electric utility or transmission and
distribution utility made a filing for review of the transaction
supported by sworn testimony under Section 14.101 before May 1,
2007, and the resulting proceeding was not withdrawn.