Amend CSSB 483 (House Committee Printing) by adding the 
following SECTION, appropriately numbered, and renumbering the 
subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 35, Utilities Code, is 
amended by adding Section 35.009 to read as follows:
	Sec. 35.009.  BILLING DEMAND FOR RETAIL SEASONAL 
AGRICULTURAL CUSTOMERS.  (a)  In this section, "retail seasonal 
agricultural customer" means a retail customer that is an 
establishment primarily engaged in producing crops or performing 
services on harvested crops with the intent of preparing or storing 
the crops for market or further processing, including cotton 
ginners, rice dryers, and grain dryers.  The term also includes an 
electric service identifier used for irrigating agricultural 
products.
	(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a 
transmission and distribution utility shall exclude retail 
seasonal agricultural customers from the application of any ratchet 
provision contained in a tariff relating to distribution service.
	(c)  The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to 
implement this section.