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Amend SB 21 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  (a)  Section 708.155, Transportation Code, as 
added by HB 3588, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 
2003, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 708.155.  CONTRACTS FOR COLLECTION OF SURCHARGES.  The 
department may enter into a contract with a private attorney or a 
public or private vendor for the provision of services for the 
collection of surcharges receivable and related costs under this 
chapter.  The total amount of compensation may not exceed 30 percent 
of the amount of the surcharges and related costs collected [set in 
Article 103.0031, Code of Criminal Procedure].
	(b)  This section takes effect September 1, 2003, if this Act 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
	(c)  If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for 
effect as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, this section 
takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative 
session.