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	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. COMMISSION RULES REGARDING DEPOSITS. (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, the commission by rule 
shall require a retail electric provider to waive the requirement 
that an elderly low-income customer applying for residential 
electric service provide a security deposit or advance payment as a 
condition of service.