Amend CSHB 599 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                       
	(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to 
the bill and renumber the subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  The heading to Chapter 84, Government Code, 
is amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 84.  [UNAUTHORIZED] ATTORNEY COMPENSATION
	SECTION ____.  Sections 84.001-84.004, Government Code, are 
designated as Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Government Code, and a 
subchapter heading is added to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER A.  UNAUTHORIZED ATTORNEY COMPENSATION
IN CRIMINAL MATTERS
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 84, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subchapter B to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER B.  DIVISION OF FEES
	Sec. 84.051.  DIVISION OF FEES BETWEEN ATTORNEYS NOT OF SAME 
FIRM.  An attorney may not divide a fee for legal services with 
another attorney who is not a partner in or associate of the 
attorney's law firm, unless:
		(1)  the client consents to employment of the other 
attorney in writing after a full disclosure that the fees will be 
divided;
		(2)  the division is in proportion to the services 
performed by each attorney or, after providing written notice to 
the client, each attorney assumes joint responsibility for the 
representation; and
		(3)  the total fee of the attorneys does not exceed 
reasonable compensation for all legal services the attorneys 
provided to the client.
	(2)  Immediately following SECTION 25 of the bill (page 11, 
between lines 15 and 16), insert the following:
	(e)  Section 84.051, Government Code, as added by this Act, 
applies only to a contract for attorney's fees that is executed on 
or after the effective date of this Act.  A contract for fees that is 
executed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the 
law applicable to the contract immediately before the effective 
date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.