Amend CSSB 7 by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read as follows and by renumbering existing SECTIONS accordingly: SECTION ____. (a) Article 11.071, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Section 8A to read as follows: Sec. 8A. INCOMPETENT COUNSEL. If the applicant asserts as a claim in the application for a writ of habeas corpus that the applicant at trial was represented by appointed counsel and that the appointed counsel was incompetent, the convicting court in the findings of facts and conclusions of law shall state whether the counsel appointed: (1) was at the time of appointment on the list of qualified attorneys described by Article 26.052(e); and (2) provided representation at trial in a manner at least as competent as the minimum level of competence to be expected by the trial court of counsel meeting the standards adopted by the local selection committee under Article 26.052(d). (b) The change in law made by this section applies only to an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An application filed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.