Amend CSHB 424 by striking all below the enacting clause and
substituting the following:
      SECTION 1.  Chapter 104, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Article 104.004 to read as follows:
      Art. 104.004.  EXTRAORDINARY COSTS OF PROSECUTION.  (a)  The
criminal justice division of the governor's office shall distribute
money as provided by this article from money appropriated by the
legislature for that purpose.
      (b)  A county is eligible to apply to the division for a
distribution of money under this article if, during the preceding
fiscal year:
            (1)  the total amount of expenditures of the county
exceeded the total amount of funds received by the county from all
sources and the county incurred expenses for the investigation or
prosecution of an offense under Section 19.03, Penal Code; or
            (2)  the total amount of funds received by the county
from all sources exceeded the total amount of expenditures of the
county and the county incurred expenses for the investigation or
prosecution of an offense under Section 19.03, Penal Code, that
exceed five percent of the amount of that excess.
      (c)  The commissioners court must submit with an application
under Subsection (b) a financial statement of the county that shows
for the fiscal year for which application is made:
            (1)  the total amount of funds received by the county
from all sources;
            (2)  the total amount of expenditures of the county;
and
            (3)  the total amount of expenses incurred by the
county for the investigation or prosecution of an offense under
Section 19.03, Penal Code.
      (d)  The division may distribute money under this article
only to an eligible county for the reimbursement of expenses
incurred by the county during the fiscal year for which application
is made for the investigation or prosecution of an offense under
Section 19.03, Penal Code.  The amount of the reimbursement to a
county eligible under Subsection (b)(2) may not exceed an amount
equal to five percent of the difference between the total amount of
funds received by the county and the total amount of expenditures
of the county during the fiscal year for which application is made.
      (e)  For each fiscal year, the division shall distribute at
least 50 percent of the money distributed under this article during
that year to eligible counties with a population of less than
50,000, except that if the total distributions applied for by those
counties is less than 50 percent of the money distributed during
that year, the division is only required to distribute to those
counties the amount of money for which applications have been made.
      (f)  The division may adopt a budget and rules for the
distribution of money under this article.
      (g)  All money distributed to a county under this subchapter
and its expenditure by the county are subject to audit by the state
auditor.
      SECTION 2.  The commissioners court of a county may apply to
the criminal justice division of the governor's office for a
distribution of money, as provided by Article 104.004, Code of
Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, on or after January 1,
2000.
      SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
      SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.