Amend the Wolens amendment to CSHB 1606 by striking lines 
11-12 on page 65 and substituting:
	SECTION 5.09. Section 30.003, Civil Practice and Remedies 
Code, as amended by SB 430, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2003, is amended by amending Subsections (c), (c-1), and 
(f) and adding Subsections (c-2) and (c-3) to read as follows:
	(c) Except in an action under the Family Code or as provided 
by Subsections [Subsection] (c-1) [,] or (c-2), if a trial date has 
been set in the suit and the continuance is sought on the ground 
that an [the] attorney for a party to the case is a member [or 
member-elect] of the legislature [who was employed on or after the 
30th day before the date on which the suit is set for trial], the 
continuance is discretionary with the court unless an application 
for the continuance identifying the attorney who is a member of the 
legislature is filed with the court on or before the 30th day after 
the date on which the court sets the date for the trial to begin.
	(c-1) Except in an action under the Family Code, if a trial 
date has been set in the suit and the continuance is sought because 
an attorney for a party is a member of the legislature and the 
attorney was not a member of the legislature for the 90 days 
immediately preceding the date on which the application for the 
continuance is filed, the continuance is discretionary with the 
court unless the attorney was employed on or before the 30th day 
after the date on which the court sets the date for the trial to 
begin, regardless of whether the attorney was a member of the 
legislature at that time. [If the attorney for a party to any 
criminal case is a member or member-elect of the legislature who was 
employed on or after the 15th day before the date on which the suit 
is set for trial, the continuance is discretionary with the court.]
	(c-2) Subsections (c) and (c-1) do not apply in a civil suit 
if an application for the continuance identifying the attorney who 
is a member of the legislature is filed with the court on or before 
the 10th day after the date the suit is initially filed with the 
court.
	(c-3) Subsections (c) and (c-1) do not apply in a criminal 
case if an application for the continuance identifying the attorney 
who is a member of the legislature is filed with the court on or 
before the 10th day after the date of the defendant's first court 
appearance in the case.
	(f) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the [The] 
continuance provided by Subsection (b) is one of right.  A 
continuance granted under this section, including a discretionary 
continuance, [and] may not be charged against the party receiving 
it on any subsequent application for continuance.