Amend CSHB 599 as follows:                                                   
	(1)  In SECTION 16 of the bill (Senate committee report, page 
6, line 47), between "an" and "administrative", insert "option for 
a trial in a district court on a complaint and an".
	(2)  In SECTION 17 of the bill (Senate committee report, page 
8, lines 22 through 27), strike added Section 81.075(b), Government 
Code, and substitute the following:
	(b)  After the chief disciplinary counsel reviews and 
investigates a complaint:
(1)  if the counsel finds there is no just cause, the 
counsel shall place the complaint on a dismissal docket; or
(2)  if the counsel finds just cause:                                    
(A)  the respondent attorney may request a trial 
in a district court on the complaint in accordance with the 
procedures adopted by the supreme court; or
(B)  the counsel shall place the complaint on a 
hearing docket if the respondent attorney does not request a trial 
in a district court.
	(3)  In SECTION 17 of the bill (Senate committee report, page 
8, line 60), strike "and".
	(4)  In SECTION 17 of the bill (Senate committee report, page 
8, line 62), between "court" and the period, insert the following:  
"; and
(3)  a judgment of a district court as in civil cases 
generally".