Amend CSHB 2376 as follows:                                                  

(1)  On page 4, line 2, strike "Section 374.053" and 	substitute "Sections 374.053(c)(3), (4), and (5)".
	(2)  Strike page 6, line 26 through page 7, line 2, and 
substitute the following:
	(b)  An annual registration fee, the total amount of which 
may be divided into quarterly payments and billed on dates 
established by the commission, is assessed as follows [Except for a 
carbon dioxide facility, the registration must be accompanied by a 
fee of]:
	(3)  On page 7, line 20, strike "$250" and substitute "$125".    
	(4)  On page 8, strike lines 6-12 and substitute the 
following:              
	(f)  For each registration application, the commission shall 
request that the comptroller verify whether the owner submitting 
the registration application is in good standing with the state and 
whether the owner's selection on the registration application of 
the gross annual receipts classification for the dry cleaning 
facility or drop station agrees with information reported to the 
comptroller for the same tax or reporting year.  Not later than the 
third business day after the comptroller receives the verification 
request, based in part on information supplied by the commission, 
the comptroller shall report to the commission the owner's standing 
and whether the owner's application information agrees with the 
comptroller's information.
	(5)  On page 8, line 20, immediately following the period, 
insert "The person who distributes the solvent shall collect the 
fees and shall pay to the commission the amount due, in accordance 
with Subsection (a-1).".
	(6)  On page 8, line 24, strike "two" and substitute "one".      
	(7)  On page 8, lines 25-26, strike "and shall pay the 
remaining amount [fee] to the commission" and substitute "if the 
distributor pays [shall pay] the remaining amount [fee] to the 
commission not later than the date prescribed by the commission".
	(8)  On page 9, lines 12-13, strike "before December 31, 
2005" and substitute "on or before February 28, 2006".
	(9)  On page 12, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following 
appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber subsequent SECTIONS 
accordingly:
	SECTION ___.  Section 374.202, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  The commission, or the attorney general at the request 
of the commission, may bring a civil action to recover any amounts 
owed to the commission under this section.  The commission or 
attorney general, as applicable, may recover court costs, the costs 
of preparing for litigation, and reasonable attorney's fees 
incurred in an action brought under this section.  An owner is 
jointly and severally liable with any other defendant for the 
entire amount of costs.
	(10)  On page 14, line 23, strike "374.105(c)" and substitute 
"374.105".     
	(11)  On page 15, strike lines 11-27 and substitute the 
following:           
	(c)  Notwithstanding Section 374.102, Health and Safety 
Code, as added by Chapter 540, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2003, a registration fee that was payable before September 
1, 2005, for a dry cleaning drop station as that term is defined by 
Section 374.001, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, is 
payable not later than October 1, 2005, in the amount of $125 for 
each dry cleaning drop station that is owned by the owner of a dry 
cleaning facility that was registered and designated as 
nonparticipating under Section 374.104, Health and Safety Code, 
before the effective date of this Act.
	(12)  On page 16, between lines 16 and 17, insert the 
following:             
	(f)  On or before February 28, 2006, the owner of a dry 
cleaning facility that filed an option not to participate under 
Section 374.104, Health and Safety Code, before the effective date 
of this Act, must comply with Subsection (c)(3) of that section, as 
added by this Act, to maintain nonparticipating status.