Amend CSSB 560 by adding the following appropriately numbered Section to read as follows and renumbering subsequent Sections accordingly: SECTION . Chapter 62, Utilities Code, is amended by adding Subchapter G to read as follows: SUBCHAPTER G. MUTICHANNEL VIDEO PROGRAMMING Sec. 62.151. PROHIBITED CONDUCT. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a cable operator or other multichannel video programming distributor may not engage in conduct, the effect of which is to unreasonably restrain the ability of an unaffiliated video programming vendor to compete fairly by discriminating in video programming distribution on the basis of affiliation or nonaffiliation of vendors in the selection, terms, or conditions for carriage of video programming provided by that vendor. (b) A video programming vendor or multichannel video programming distributor doing business in this state shall have as its state remedy for a violation of this section a private cause of action in the appropriate state court. The plaintiff shall serve a copy of the complaint on the commission. The commission shall review and evaluate the claims and determine if it wants to intervene in the case. (c) The court shall expedite proceedings on the cause of action if an unaffiliated video programming vendor alleges that a discriminatory refusal to carry has occurred. On a finding that unreasonable discrimination occurred, the court shall order any and all appropriate remedies, which may include mandatory carriage at prescribed rates, terms, and conditions. (d) This section applies only to a cable company or multichannel video programming distributor that is a telecommunications provider or an affiliate or a telecommunications provider.