Amend SB 563 by striking SECTION 2 of the bill and substituting the following: SECTION 2. Article 59.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) A person in the possession of property at the time a peace officer seizes the property under this chapter may at the time of seizure assert the person's interest in or right to the property. A peace officer who seizes property under this chapter may not at the time of seizure request, require, or in any manner induce any person, including a person who asserts an interest in or right to the property seized, to execute a document purporting to waive the person's interest in or rights to the property. SECTION 3. Article 59.06(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: (g)(1) All law enforcement agencies and attorneys representing the state who receive proceeds or property under this chapter shall account for the seizure, forfeiture, receipt, and specific expenditure of all such proceeds and property in an audit, which is to be performed annually by the commissioners court or governing body of a municipality, as appropriate. The annual period of the audit for a law enforcement agency is the fiscal year of the appropriate county or municipality and the annual period for an attorney representing the state is the state fiscal year. The audit shall be completed on a form provided by the attorney general. Certified copies of the audit shall be delivered by the law enforcement agency or attorney representing the state to the comptroller's office and the attorney general not later than the 30th day after the date on which the annual period that is the subject of the audit ends. (2) If a copy of the audit is not delivered to the attorney general within the period required by Subdivision (1), within five days after the end of the period the attorney general shall notify the law enforcement agency or the attorney representing the state of that fact. On a showing of good cause, the attorney general may grant an extension permitting the agency or attorney to deliver a copy of the audit after the period required by Subdivision (1) and before the 46th day after the date on which the annual period that is the subject of the audit ends. If the law enforcement agency or the attorney representing the state fails to establish good cause for not delivering the copy of the audit within the period required by Subdivision (1) or fails to deliver a copy of an audit within the extension period, the attorney general shall notify the comptroller of public accounts of that fact. On notice under this subdivision, the comptroller shall perform the audit otherwise required by Subdivision (1). At the conclusion of the audit, the comptroller shall forward a copy of the audit to the attorney general. The law enforcement agency or attorney representing the state is liable to the comptroller for the costs of the comptroller in performing the audit. SECTION 4. Section 96.641, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: (j) As part of the initial training and continuing education for police chiefs required under this section, the institute shall establish a program on asset forfeiture under Chapter 59, Code of Criminal Procedure. The program must include an examination of the best practices for educating peace officers about asset forfeiture and monitoring peace officers' compliance with laws relating to asset forfeiture. SECTION 5. Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the commission shall establish a statewide comprehensive education and training program on asset forfeiture under Chapter 59, Code of Criminal Procedure, for officers licensed under this chapter. An officer shall complete a program established under this subsection not later than the second anniversary of the date the officer is licensed under this chapter or the date the officer applies for an intermediate proficiency certificate, whichever date is earlier. SECTION 6. Section 1701.402, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) As a requirement for an intermediate proficiency certificate, an officer must complete an education and training program on asset forfeiture established by the commission under Section 1701.253(e). SECTION 7. The change in law made by this Act to Article 59.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies only to a seizure of property that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. For a seizure that occurs before the effective date of this Act, the law in effect when the seizure occurred covers the proceeding, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 8. Article 59.06(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act, applies to the first audit required to be performed by a commissioners court or governing body on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 9. Not later than January 1, 2002: (1) the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education shall establish an education and training program on asset forfeiture as required by Section 1701.253(e), Occupations Code, as added by this Act; and (2) the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas shall establish a program on asset forfeiture as required by Section 96.641(j), Education Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 10. A person who on the effective date of this Act holds an intermediate proficiency certificate issued by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education or has held a peace officer license issued by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education for at least two years shall complete an education and training program on asset forfeiture established under Section 1701.253(e), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, not later than September 1, 2002. SECTION 11. An individual appointed or elected as a police chief before the effective date of this Act shall complete a program on asset forfeiture established under Section 96.641(j), Education Code, as added by this Act, not later than September 1, 2002. SECTION 12. Article 59.02(h), Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, applies to all property subject to Chapter 59, Code of Criminal Procedure, for which a final judgment has not been entered before the effective date of this Act. SECTION 13. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.