Floor Packet Page No. 80
      Amend CSSB 7 (House committee report) by adding the following
section, numbered appropriately, and by renumbering subsequent
sections of the bill accordingly:
      SECTION     . (a) Chapter 340, Acts of the 51st Legislature,
Regular Session, 1949, is amended by adding Section 7B to read as
follows:
      Sec. 7B. (a) The District may:
            (1)  develop, generate, transmit, or distribute water
power and electric energy inside the District's boundaries for its
own use;
            (2)  purchase electric energy from any available source
for use at a facility the District owns, operates, and maintains
inside the District's boundaries;
            (3)  enter into an agreement to acquire, install,
construct, finance, operate, make an addition to, own, or operate
an electric energy generating, transmission, or distribution
facility jointly with another person; or
            (4)  sell or otherwise dispose of any of the District's
interest in a jointly owned facility described by Subdivision (3)
of this section.
      (b)  This section does not affect the applicability of Title
2, Utilities Code, to the District or to actions of the District.
      (b)  This section takes effect January 1, 2002.