Amend CSSB 482 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION to read as follows and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is 
amended by adding Section 39.1017 to read as follows:
	Sec. 39.1017.  PROHIBITION REQUIRING DEPOSITS FROM ELDERLY 
LOW-INCOME CUSTOMERS.  (a)  In this section,  "elderly low-income 
customer" means an electric customer who is 65 years or older and:
			(A)  whose household income is not more than 125 
percent of the federal poverty guidelines;
			(B)  receives food stamps from the Health and 
Human Services Commission; or
			(C)  receives medical assistance from a state 
agency that administers a part of the medical assistance program.
	(b)  Notwithstanding Section 17.008, a retail electric 
provider may not require an elderly low-income customer applying 
for residential electric service to provide a security deposit or 
advance payment as a condition of service.