Amend CSSB 1801 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following proposed Section 797.001(1), Health and Safety Code (between lines 31 and 32), insert the following:
(1-a) "Municipal utility" means a retail public utility, as defined by Section 13.002, Water Code, that is owned by a municipality.
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 797.002(b), Health and Safety Code (line 45), strike "A" and substitute "Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (d), a".
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following proposed Section 797.002(c), Health and Safety Code (between lines 49 and 50), insert the following:
(d) A municipality may not adopt an ordinance under Subsection (b) unless the municipality makes a reasonably diligent effort to:
(1) consider other available options for reducing the threat of wildfires;
(2) estimate the probable cost to consumers of an ordinance adopted under Subsection (b); and
(3) consider any available method for reducing the cost described by Subdivision (2).
(e) If the municipality owns a municipal utility, an ordinance adopted under Subsection (b) may not require another utility located in the municipality or the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction to provide water flow and pressure in a fire hydrant at a level greater than that provided by the municipal utility.