Amend CSSB 987 as follows:
      (1)  Insert a new SECTION 4 to the bill to read as follows:
      SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.0097 to read as follows:
      Sec. 411.0097.  FUGITIVE APPREHENSION ACCOUNT. The fugitive
apprehension account is a special account in the general revenue
fund. The legislature may appropriate funds in the account only for
the purpose of paying for the cost to the department of
apprehending  individuals for whom warrants have been issued under
Section 13, Article 42.18, Code of Criminal Procedure.
      (2)  Renumber existing SECTION 4 of the bill as SECTION 5 and
insert a new Subsection (c) at the end of that section to read as
follows:
      (c)  Notwithstanding Article 56.54(b), Code of Criminal
Procedure, as amended by this Act, on September 1, 1997, the
comptroller shall transfer $8 million from the compensation to
victims of crime fund established under Subchapter B, Chapter 56,
Code of Criminal Procedure, to the fugitive apprehension account
established under Section 411.0097, Government Code, as added by
this Act.
      (3)  Renumber existing SECTION 5 of the bill accordingly.
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