Amend SB 740 (house committee report) by striking page 6, line 25, through page 7, line 8, and substituting the following:

(g)  Notwithstanding Section 64.021, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, a receiver appointed under this section may be a person, a municipally owned utility, a county, a water supply or sewer service corporation, a public utility agency, or a district or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and may seek approval from the utility commission and the commission to acquire the water or sewer utility's facilities and transfer the utility's certificate of convenience and necessity. The receiver must apply in accordance with Subchapter H.