Amend CSHB 28 (Senate committee printing) by inserting the 
following new ARTICLE, appropriately numbered, and renumbering the 
subsequent ARTICLES accordingly:

ARTICLE ____.  RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND

PRESERVATION FEE
	SECTION __.01.  Section 102.005, Code of Criminal Procedure, 
is amended by amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsections 
(g)-(j) to read as follows:
	(f)  A defendant convicted of an offense in a county court, a 
county court at law, or a district court shall pay a fee of $20 for 
records management and preservation services performed by the 
county as required by Chapter 203, Local Government Code.
	(g)  Except as provided by Subsection (h), the clerks of the 
respective courts shall collect the fee required by Subsection (f) 
and pay it to the county treasurer, or to any other official who 
discharges the duties commonly delegated to the county treasurer, 
for deposit in a fund to be known as the county records management 
and preservation fund.
	(h)  A district clerk shall collect the fee required by 
Subsection (f) and pay it to the county treasurer, or to any other 
official who discharges the duties commonly delegated to the county 
treasurer, for deposit as follows:
		(1)  $15 to the county records management and 
preservation fund for records management and preservation, 
including automation, in various county offices; and
		(2)  $5 to the district clerk records management and 
preservation fund for records management and preservation services 
performed by the district clerk after a document is filed in the 
records office of the district clerk.
	(i)  A fund designated by Subsection (g) may be used only to 
finance items used for specific records management and 
preservation, including for automation purposes, on approval by the 
commissioners court of a budget as provided by Chapter 111, Local 
Government Code.
	(j)  An expenditure from a records management and 
preservation fund must comply with Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local 
Government Code  [The fee shall be collected and distributed by the 
clerk of the court in the same manner as fees are collected and 
distributed under Section 51.317(c), Government Code.  The fee 
received by a county shall be placed in a special fund to be called 
the records management and preservation fund.  The fee shall be used 
only for records management and preservation purposes in the county 
as required by Chapter 203, Local Government Code.  No expenditures 
may be made from this fund without prior approval of the 
commissioners court].
	SECTION __.02.  This article takes effect February 1, 2004.