Amend SB 1896 (3rd reading) by inserting the following 
appropriately numbered SECTIONS and renumbering existing SECTIONS 
of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 143.0052, Local Government Code, is 
added to read as follows:
	(a)  This section applies only to a municipality that:  (1)  
has a population of more than 200,000 and less than 250,000; (2)  is 
located in a county in which another municipality that has a 
population of more than one million is predominately located, and 
(3) whose emergency medical services are administered by a Fire 
Department.
	(b)  by resolution of its governing body, a municipality may 
establish a monthly fee for the costs of emergency medical 
services, including salary and overtime related to medical 
personnel.  This fee is applicable to each and every customer served 
by a municipal water account and may be collected in conjunction 
with the bill for water services.
	(c)  a municipality acting under this section supersedes any 
authority established under Section 286 of the Health and Safety 
Code.