Amend HB 1600 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered section to the bill and renumbering subsequent sections of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____.____ Section 13.184, Water Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A utility may file with the utility commission an application to increase the utility's rates not more than one time in a 36-month period. A rate increase under this section may not exceed 20 percent of the cost of the utility's rates at the time of the application.