Amend HB 2324 as follows:
      On page 7 of the committee printing between lines 1 and 2
insert the following and renumber the subsequent sections
appropriately:
      "SECTION 6.  Chapter 63, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
amended by adding Section 63.006 to read as follows:
      Sec. 63.006.  GARNISHMENT OF FUNDS HELD IN INMATE TRUST FUND.
 (a)  A writ of garnishment may be issued against an inmate trust
fund  held under the authority of the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice under Section 501.014, Government Code, to encumber money
that is held for the benefit of an inmate in the fund.
      (b)  The state's sovereign immunity to suit is waived only to
the extent necessary to authorize a garnishment action in
accordance with this section.
      SECTION 7.  Sections 501.014(e) and (f), Government Code, are
amended to read as follows:
      (e)  On notification by a court, the department
<institutional division> shall withdraw from an inmate's trust fund
account any amount the inmate is ordered to pay by order of the
court under this subsection <for child support, restitution, fines,
and court costs>.  The department <institutional division> shall
make a payment under this subsection as ordered by the court to
either the court or the party specified in the court order.  The
<institutional division and the> department is <are> not liable for
withdrawing or failing to withdraw money or making payments or
failing to make payments under this subsection.  The department
<institutional division> shall make withdrawals and payments from
an inmate's trust fund account under this subsection according to
the following schedule of priorities:
            (1)  as payment in full for all orders for child
support;
            (2)  as payment in full for all orders for restitution;
            (3)  as payment in full for all orders for court fees
and costs <fines>; <and>
            (4)  as payment in full for all orders for fines; and
            (5)  as payment in full for any other court order,
judgment, or writ <court costs>.
      (f)  The department <institutional division> may place a hold
on funds in or withdraw funds from an inmate trust fund account:
            (1)  to restore amounts withdrawn by the inmate against
uncollected funds;
            (2)  to correct accounting errors;
            (3)  to make restitution for wrongful withdrawals made
by an inmate from the trust fund of another inmate;
            (4)  to cover deposits until cleared;
            (5)  as directed by court order in accordance with
Subsection (e); <or>
            (6)  as part of an investigation by the department of
inmate conduct involving the use of trust funds or an investigation
in which activity in the trust fund is evidence; or
            (7)  to transfer funds deposited in violation of law or
department policy.
      SECTION 8.  The changes in law made by this Act to Section
63.006, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, apply only to a writ of
garnishment issued against an inmate trust fund on or after the
effective date of this Act.  A writ of garnishment issued against
an inmate trust fund before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law as it existed before the effective date of this
Act, and that law is continued in effect for this purpose."