Amend CSHB 1728 (house committee printing) as follows: (1) On page 1, lines 11 and 16, strike "service" and substitute "service provider". (2) On page 1, lines 11 and 14, strike "service's" and substitute "service provider's". (3) Strike the text on page 1, line 21, through page 2, line 3, and substitute the following: (1) "Communications common carrier" means a person that: (A) for a fee, provides directly to the public or to certain members of the public the ability to transmit between or among points specified by the person who uses that ability, regardless of the technology used, information of the person's choosing without change in the form or content of the information transmitted; or (B) a provider that bills customers for services described by Paragraph (A). (2) "Electronic communications service provider" means a service provider that provides to users of the service the ability to send or receive wire or electronic communications, as those terms are defined by Article 18.20, Code of Criminal Procedure.