Amend CSHB 2233 by adding the following SECTIONS to the bill, 
appropriately numbered, and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the 
bill accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Section 52.006, Property Code, is amended to 
read as follows:   
	Sec. 52.006.  DURATION OF LIEN.  (a)  Except as provided by 
Subsection (b), a [A] judgment lien continues for 10 years 
following the date of recording and indexing the abstract, except 
that if the judgment becomes dormant during that period the lien 
ceases to exist.
	(b)  Notwithstanding  Section 34.001, Civil Practice and 
Remedies Code, a judgment in favor of the state or a state agency, 
as that term is defined by Section 403.055, Government Code, does 
not become dormant.  A properly filed abstract of the judgment 
continues to constitute a lien under Section 52.001 until the 
earlier of the 20th anniversary of the date the abstract is recorded 
and indexed or the date the judgment is satisfied or the lien is 
released.  The judgment lien may be renewed for one additional 
20-year period by filing, before the expiration of the initial 
20-year period, a renewed abstract of judgment in the same manner as 
the original abstract of judgment is filed.  The renewed judgment 
lien relates back to the date the original abstract of judgment was 
filed.
	Section ____.  The change in law made by this Act by amending 
Section 52.006, Property Code, applies to:
		(1)  a judgment, if the judgment is not then dormant, 
that exists on the effective date of this Act;
		(2)  a judgment lien on record before the effective date 
of this Act; or    
		(3)  a judgment entered or abstract of judgment recorded 
and indexed on or after the effective date of this Act.