Amend CSSB 113 in SECTION 3 of the bill by striking
Subsections (e) and (f) of added Section 2254.103, Government Code
(committee printing, page 3, lines 4-26), and substituting the
following:
      (e)  Before entering into a contingent fee contract for legal
services in which the estimated amount that may be recovered
exceeds $100,000, a state governmental entity that proposes to
enter into the contract in its own name or in the name of the state
must also notify the Legislative Budget Board that the entity
proposes to enter into the contract, send the board copies of the
proposed contract, and send the board information demonstrating
that the conditions required by Subsection (d)(3) exist.  If the
state governmental entity finds under Subsection (d)(3) that the
state governmental entity does not have appropriated funds
available to pay the estimated amounts required under a contract
for the legal services providing only for the payment of hourly
fees, the state governmental entity may not enter into the proposed
contract in its own name or in the name of the state unless the
Legislative Budget Board finds that the state governmental entity's
finding with regard to available appropriated funds is correct.
      (f)  A contingent fee contract for legal services that is
subject to Subsection (e) and requires a finding by the Legislative
Budget Board is void unless the board has made the finding required
by Subsection (e).