Amend HB 591 as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 19, between "571.018(a)" and "." insert
"and paid directly to the judge";
(2) Add a new Section 2 to read as follows:
SECTION 2. Section 574.031, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) A fee taxed as costs in an amount not to exceed
twenty-five dollars may be assessed as a court cost by the judge
trying a mental health services case against a county responsible
for payment of cost under Section 571.018 for the services of a
prosecuting attorney.
(3) Add a new Section 3 to read as follows:
SECTION 3. Section 571.018(c), Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending subsection (4) and adding subsections (5) and
(6) to read as follows:
(4) expenses of transportation to a department mental health
facility or to a federal agency;
(5) costs and salary supplements as provided by Sections
574.031 (h) and (i); and
(6) prosecutor's fees as authorized under Section 574.031
(j).
(4) Section 2 is renumbered as Section 4.