Amend CSHB 4 by adding a new Article, appropriately numbered
to read as follows:
      ARTICLE ____.  FEE ON REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY RECORDS
      Sec.____.01.  Section 118.011, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e)  A county clerk shall collect an affordable housing fee of $1
for each document filed for recording for which a fee is charged as
described by Section 118.012 or 118.013.  This fee is in addition
to any other fee charged for recording the document, and the clerk
shall collect the fee at the time the document is presented for
recording.
      Sec.____.02.  Subchapter B, Chapter 118, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 118.0135 to read as follows:
      Sec. 118.0135.  AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEE.  (a)  The county
clerk shall remit to the county treasurer the affordable housing
fee collected during a month in accordance with Section 118.011(e).
The county treasurer shall remit to the comptroller 90 cents of
each affordable housing fee not later than the 10th day after the
last day of each quarter.
      (b)  The comptroller shall deposit amounts remitted to the
comptroller under this section to the housing trust fund
established under Section 2306.201, Government Code, for use in
accordance with the purposes of that fund.
      (c)  The county shall retain the remaining 10 cents of each
affordable housing fee to reimburse the county for the expense of
collecting and remitting the affordable housing fee.
      Sec.__.03.  Subsection (b), Section 2306.201, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
      (b)  The fund consists of:
            (1)  appropriations or transfers made to the fund;
            (2)  money deposited to the fund under Section
118.0135, Local Government Code;
            (3)  unemcumbered fund balances; and
            (4) <(3)> public or private gifts or grants.
      Sec.__.04.  The change in law made by this Article applies
only to a document presented for recording to a county clerk on or
after the effective date of this Act.
      Sec.__.05.  This Article takes effect September 1, 1997.