Amend CSSB 997 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Section 12.013(l), Water Code (page 1, line 55, through page 2, line 1), and substitute the following:
(l) If the parties amend their contract under Subsection (k), a party may challenge before the utility commission the rate paid under the amended contract only:
(1) after the 5th anniversary of the date of the contract amendment; or
(2) during a period agreed to by the parties that begins after the 5th anniversary of the date of the contract amendment and ends on or before the 25th anniversary of that date.
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike added Section 13.0431(f), Water Code (page 2, line 33, through page 2, line 39), and substitute the following:
(f) If the parties amend their contract under Subsection (e), a party may challenge before the utility commission the rate paid under the amended contract only:
(1) after the 5th anniversary of the date of the contract amendment; or
(2) during a period agreed to by the parties that begins after the 5th anniversary of the date of the contract amendment and ends on or before the 25th anniversary of that date.