Amend HB 2553 as follows:
      (1)  On page 1, lines 23-24, strike "the district or county
attorney's office" and substitute "a district or county attorney's
office".
      (2)  Strike page 2, line 21, through page 3, line 11, and
substitute the following:
      (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), the agreement must
provide that the repayment assistance the person receives before
the person has been employed for five years as required by the
agreement constitutes a loan that must be repaid unless the person
completes the five years of employment and satisfies any other
applicable conditions of the agreement.
      (d)  The agreement must provide that the person is required
to repay the amount of repayment assistance received, plus
applicable interest and reasonable collection costs, if, before the
person has been employed for five years as required by the
agreement, the person's employment is terminated for a reason
related to the person's job performance or the person voluntarily
terminates employment.  The agreement must provide that the person
is not required to repay the amount of repayment assistance
received if, before the person has been employed for five years,
the person's employment is terminated for a reason that is not
related to the person's job performance.  The agreement must also
provide that a person whose employment is terminated for a reason
not related to the person's job performance is not eligible for
additional repayment assistance unless the person is subsequently
employed as an attorney by a district or county attorney's office
that serves a rural county not later than the 91st day after the
person's previous employment was terminated, and the person is not
eligible for repayment assistance during the period between the
date the person's previous employment was terminated and the date
the person's subsequent employment begins.
      (e)  The agreement must require the person to sign a
promissory note acknowledging the conditional nature of the
repayment assistance received and promising to repay the amount of
that assistance received as provided by Subsection (d), plus
applicable interest and reasonable collection costs, if the person
does not satisfy the applicable conditions.  The board shall
determine the terms of the promissory note.  To the extent
practicable, the terms must be the same as those applicable to
state or federally guaranteed student loans made at the same time.
All amounts collected in repayment of a loan under this section,
including interest, but excluding collection costs paid by the
board to another person to collect or assist in collecting the
amount, shall be deposited to the credit of the trust fund
established by Section 61.958.
      (3)  On page 3, line 22, strike "the third 12-month period"
and substitute "the third, fourth, and fifth 12-month periods".