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.