Amend CSHB 3167 as follows:                                                  

(1)  On page 1, strike lines 11-13 and substitute the 	following:             
		(1)  except as provided by Subsection (b-1), for filing 
a suit, including an appeal from an inferior court [and for filing a 
petition for preconviction writ of habeas corpus] $50 [$45]
	(2)  On page 2, strike lines 9-11 and substitute the 
following:              
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.  Section 
51.317(b), Government Code, as amended by this Act, and Section 
51.317(b-1), Government Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a 
fee that becomes due on or after September 1, 2003.