1.  Amend HB 1174 by striking SECTION 1 and replacing it with the
following:
      SECTION 1.  Section 52.002(a), Property Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      (a)  The attorney <On application> of a person in whose favor
a judgment is rendered in a small claims court or a justice court
may prepare an abstract of judgment or on application of that
person or of that person's agent, attorney, or assignee, the judge
or justice of the peace who rendered the judgment shall prepare and
deliver to the applicant an abstract of the judgment.