Amend HB 261 by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to
read as follows and by renumbering existing SECTIONS accordingly:
      SECTION ____.  (a)  Section 5, Article 42.032, Code of
Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 5.  Any part or all of the commutation accrued under
this article may be forfeited and taken away by the sheriff:
            (1)  for a sustained charge of misconduct in violation
of any rule known to the defendant, including escape or attempt to
escape, if the sheriff has complied with discipline proceedings as
approved by the Commission on Jail Standards; or
            (2)  on receipt by the sheriff of a certified copy of a
final order of a state or federal court that dismisses as frivolous
or malicious a lawsuit brought by a defendant while the defendant
was in the custody of the sheriff.
      (b)  Section 5, Article 42.032, Code of Criminal Procedure,
as amended by this section, applies only to a forfeiture of
commutation of time for good conduct based on the filing in court
of a lawsuit on or after the effective date of this Act.