Amend CSHB 598 by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to
read as follows and by renumbering existing SECTIONS accordingly:
      SECTION __.  Section 21(c), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
            (c)  In a community supervision revocation hearing at
which it is alleged only that the defendant violated the conditions
of community supervision by failing to pay compensation paid to
appointed counsel, community supervision fees, court costs,
restitution, or reparations, the attorney representing the state
must prove beyond a reasonable doubt the ability <inability> of the
defendant to pay as ordered by the judge <is an affirmative defense
to revocation, which the defendant must prove by a preponderance of
evidence>.