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Amend CSSB 715 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 21, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following appropriately numbered section:
Sec. 43.____. RETALIATION FOR ANNEXATION DISAPPROVAL PROHIBITED. (a) The disapproval of the proposed annexation of an area under this subchapter does not affect any existing legal obligation of the municipality proposing the annexation to continue to provide governmental services in the area, including water or wastewater services.
(b) The municipality may not initiate a rate proceeding solely because of the disapproval of a proposed annexation of an area under this subchapter.
(2) On page 26, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following appropriately numbered section:
Sec. 43.____. RETALIATION FOR ANNEXATION DISAPPROVAL PROHIBITED. (a) The disapproval of the proposed annexation of an area under this subchapter does not affect any existing legal obligation of the municipality proposing the annexation to continue to provide governmental services in the area, including water or wastewater services.
(b) The municipality may not initiate a rate proceeding solely because of the disapproval of a proposed annexation of an area under this subchapter.
(3) On page 28, line 20, strike "Subsection (s)" and substitute "Subsections (s) and (t)".
(4) On page 29, line 12, between "other law" and the underlined comma, insert "and except as provided by Subsection (t)".
(5) On page 29, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:
(t) This subsection applies only to a municipality with a population of less than 850,000 that is served by a municipally owned electric utility with 400,000 or more customers and that is wholly or partly located in a county with a population of 500,000 or more. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a municipality that annexes an area under a strategic partnership agreement executed on or after September 1, 2017, must annex the area in compliance with Subchapter C-3, C-4, or C-5.