Amend CSSB 7 as follows: (1) In Subchapter C, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, as added by SECTION 33 of the bill (page 16, line 35), insert a new Section 39.1025, Utilities Code, to read as follows: Sec. 39.1025. SELECTION OF PROVIDER BY MUNICIPALITY. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, on or before December 31, 2001, the governing body of a municipality may notify the commission that the municipality intends to act as the sole negotiator for the purchase of electricity from retail electric providers for all residential and small commercial customers in the municipality after the introduction of customer choice. (b) The municipality may not notify the commission under Subsection (a) unless the governing body of the municipality adopts an ordinance designating the municipality as the sole negotiator for the purchase of electricity from retail electric providers for all residential and small commercial customers in the municipality. (c) On or after January 1, 2004, the governing body of the municipality shall call an election on the question of continuing to serve as the sole negotiator if the governing body receives a petition requesting the election signed by a number of registered voters of the municipality equal to at least five percent of the total vote received in the municipality by all the candidates for governor in the most recent gubernatorial general election. (d) If a majority of the qualified voters of the municipality voting at the election called for that purpose vote in favor of allowing the municipality to continue to serve as the sole negotiator: (1) the municipality shall continue this duty; and (2) another election on the question may not be held before the second anniversary of the date of the most recent election on that question. (e) If a majority of the qualified voters of the municipality voting at the election called for that purpose vote against allowing the municipality to continue to serve as the sole negotiator, each residential and small commercial customer in the municipality shall have customer choice in accordance with this subtitle on and after the 30th day after the date the election results are official. (f) The retail electric provider serving residential and small commercial customers in a municipality that votes against allowing the municipality to continue to serve as the sole negotiator may continue to serve a residential or small commercial customer in the municipality until the customer chooses service from a different retail electric provider. (g) The Election Code governs an election held under this section. (2) In Subchapter H, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, as added by SECTION 33 of the bill (page 38, line 55), insert a new Section 39.3545 to read as follows: Sec. 39.3545. MUNICIPALITY NOT REQUIRED TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATION OR TO REGISTER. A municipality acting as the sole negotiator for the purchase of electricity from retail electric providers for residential and small commercial customers in the municipality under Section 39.1025 is not required to obtain certification as an aggregator under Section 39.353 or to register as a municipal aggregator under Section 39.354.