Amend SB 2126 (house committee printing) in SECTION 1 of the 
bill by striking lines 6 through 13, and substituting:
	SECTION 1.  Section 13.503, Water Code, is amended by 
amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsection (c-1) to 
read as follows:
	(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), in [In] addition 
to the charges permitted under Subsection (b), the rules shall 
authorize the owner or manager of a manufactured home rental 
community or apartment house [owner or manager] to impose a service 
charge of not more than nine percent of the costs related to 
submetering allocated to each submetered rental or dwelling unit.
	(c-1)  The rules may not authorize the owner or manager of an 
apartment house to impose a service charge under Subsection (c) on a 
resident who:
		(1)  resides in a unit of an apartment house that has 
received an allocation of low income housing tax credits under 
Subchapter DD, Chapter 2306, Government Code; or
		(2)  receives tenant-based voucher assistance under 
Section 8, United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. Section 
1437f).