Amend HB 587 as follows:
                             ARTICLE 2
      SECTION 2.01. Article 104.004, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
      Art. 104.004.  EXTRAORDINARY COSTS OF PROSECUTION. (a)  The
criminal justice division of the governor's office may distribute
money appropriated by the legislature for the purposes of this
article <this 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 a <an eligible> county for the reimbursement of expenses
incurred by the county during the fiscal year during <for> which
application is made or the fiscal year preceding the year during
which application is made for the investigation or prosecution of
an offense under Section 19.03, Penal Code, or an offense under the
Penal Code alleged by the attorney representing the state to have
been committed for a purpose or reason described by Article
42.014<.  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>.
      (b) <(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.
      (c) <(f)>  The division may adopt a budget and rules for the
distribution of money under this article.
      (d) <(g)>  All money distributed to a county under this
article <subchapter> and its expenditure by the county are subject
to audit by the state auditor.