Amend HB 232 as follows:
On page 2, line 13, insert the following appropriately
numbered section:
Section ____. Section 56.022, Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 56.022. UNIFORM CHARGE. (a) The universal service fund
is funded by a statewide uniform charge payable by each
telecommunications provider that has access to the customer base.
(b) A telecommunications provider shall pay the charge in
accordance with procedures approved by the commission.
(c) The uniform charge is on services and at rates the
commission determines. In establishing the charge and the services
to which the charge will apply, the commission may not:
(1) grant an unreasonable preference or advantage to a
telecommunications provider;
(2) assess the charge on pay telephone service; [or]
(3) subject a telecommunications provider to
unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage[.]; or
(4) assess a fee for the purposes Section 56.021 or
Subchapter I of this Chapter that is in excess of 3.4% of taxable
communications receipts.
On page 3, line 4, strike the word "and";
On page 3, line 6, strike the "." and insert "; and";
On page 3, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following
subsection:
"(3) limit the grant program in accordance with Section
56.022(c)(4) of this Chapter."