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Amend HB 1940 (House engrossment) as follows:                                
	(1)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, in proposed Subsection (b), 
Section 41.258, Government Code (page 3, line 24), immediately 
before the period, insert "provided the cost does not exceed $30 for 
all bail bonds posted at that time for an individual and the cost is 
not required on the posting of a personal or cash bond."
	(2)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, in proposed Section 41.258, 
Government Code (page 4, between lines 11 and 12), insert the 
following new subsection (f) and reletter subsequent subsections of 
Section 41.258 accordingly:
	(f)  A surety paying a cost under Subsection (b) may apply 
for and is entitled to a refund of the cost not later than the 181st 
day after the date the state declines to prosecute an individual or 
the grand jury declines to indict and individual.