Amend CSSB 740 (senate committee report) as follows:

(1)  In the recital to SECTION 1 of the bill, amending Section 13.183, Water Code (page 1, line 25), strike "(c-1) and (c-2)" and substitute "(c-1), (c-2), (c-3), and (c-4)".

(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 13.183, Water Code (page 2, between lines 13 and 14), insert the following:

(c-4)  At the time an applicant files an application for a system improvement charge under Subsection (c) with the utility commission, the applicant shall provide a copy of the application to the Office of Public Utility Counsel. The utility commission shall allow the office to comment on the application not later than the 30th day after the date the application is filed. The utility commission shall provide to the office, at no cost and in electronic form, any data related to the application held by the commission. Information provided to the office under this subsection that is confidential and not subject to disclosure by the utility commission under Chapter 552, Government Code, or other law is confidential and not subject to disclosure by the office.