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Amend CSHB 599 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                       
	(1)  Strike SECTION 13 of the bill and renumber the 
subsequent sections appropriately.
	(2)  Strike SECTION 14 of the bill and substitute the 
following appropriately numbered section:
	SECTION ____.  Section 81.054, Government Code, is amended 
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (f) through (i) 
to read as follows:
	(a)  The supreme court shall set fees for members of the 
state bar.  The fees, other than those set for associate members, 
must be set in accordance with this section and Section 81.024.
	(f)  A person who is otherwise eligible to renew the person's 
membership may renew the membership by paying the required 
membership fees to the state bar on or before the due date.
	(g)  A person whose membership has been expired for 90 days 
or less may renew the membership by paying to the state bar 
membership fees equal to 1-1/2 times the normally required 
membership fees.
	(h)  A person whose membership has been expired for more than 
90 days but less than one year may renew the membership by paying to 
the state bar membership fees equal to two times the normally 
required membership fees.
	(i)  Not later than the 30th day before the date a person's 
membership is scheduled to expire, the state bar shall send written 
notice of the impending expiration to the person at the person's 
last known address according to the records of the state bar.