Amend CSHB 1823 by inserting the following appropriately 
numbered SECTIONS and renumbering SECTIONS of the bill 
appropriately:
	SECTION __.  Subchapter A, Chapter 5, Property Code, is 
amended by adding Section 5.014 to read as follows:
	Sec. 5.014.  PROHIBITED FEES.  A person who has a right of 
first refusal in real property may not charge a fee for declining to 
exercise that right, such as a fee for providing written evidence of 
the declination.
	SECTION __.  Except as provided by a contract entered into 
before the effective date of this Act, Section 5.014, Property 
Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a fee that is solicited 
on or after the effective date of this Act for declining the 
exercise of a right of first refusal.