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Amend HB 282 (Senate committee printing) on third reading as 
follows:      
	(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION and 
renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ___.  Chapter 152, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, 
is amended by adding Section 152.006 to read as follows:
	Sec. 152.006.  FEE FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION 
CENTERS.  An entity described by Section 152.002(b)(1) that 
provides services for the resolution of disputes in a county with a 
population of 250,000 or more but less than 290,000 may collect a 
reasonable fee in any amount set by the commissioners court from a 
person who receives the services.  This section may not be construed 
to affect the collection of a fee by any other entity described by 
Section 152.002(b)(1).
	(2)  In SECTION 3 of the bill (page 1, line 37), strike "This 
Act applies" and substitute "(a)  Sections 1 and 2 of this Act 
apply".
	(3)  In SECTION 3 of the bill (page 1, between lines 38 and 
39), insert the following:
	(b)  Section ___ of this Act applies only to alternative 
dispute resolution services provided on or after the effective date 
of this Act.  Any alternative dispute resolution services provided 
before the effective date of this Act are governed by the law in 
effect immediately before that time, and that law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.