Amend CSHB 2300 by adding Section ___ to read as follows, and
renumber the subsequent sections appropriately:
      SECTION__. Subchapter D, Chapter 51, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.321 to read as follows:
      Sec. 51.321. FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION FEE. (a) The
commissioners court of a county may adopt a family violence
prevention fee in an amount not to exceed $15.
      (b) The district clerk shall collect the family violence
prevention fee at the time a suit for dissolution of a marriage
under Chapter 6, Family Code, is filed. The fee is in addition to
any other fee collected by the district clerk. The fee shall not be
collected from an individual who is a protected person subject to
an order under Title 4, Family Code or Art. 17.292, Code of
Criminal Procedure.
      (c) The district clerk shall pay a fee collected under this
section to the appropriate officer of the county  in which the suit
is filed for deposit in the county treasury to the credit of the
family violence prevention account. The account may be used by the
commissioners court of the county only to fund public or private
nonprofit organizations providing shelter or services to victims of
family violence including legal civil services.
      (d) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section
71.004, Family Code.