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Amend CSHB 2767 (House Committee Printing) by inserting the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Article 22.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Art. 22.03.  CITATION TO SURETIES.  (a) Upon entry of 
judgment, a citation shall issue forthwith notifying the sureties 
of the defendant, if any, that the bond has been forfeited, and 
requiring them to appear and show cause why the judgment of 
forfeiture should not be made final.
	(b)  A citation to a surety who is an individual shall be 
served to the individual at the address shown on the face of the 
bond.
	(c)  A citation to a surety that is a corporation or other 
entity shall be served to the attorney designated for service of 
process by the corporation or entity under Chapter 804, Insurance 
Code.
	(d)  By filing the waiver or designation in writing with the 
clerk of the court, a surety may waive service of citation or may 
designate a person other than the surety or the surety's attorney to 
receive service of citation under this article.  The waiver or 
designation is effective until a written revocation is filed with 
the clerk.
	SECTION __.  Article 22.04, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Art. 22.04.  REQUISITES OF CITATION.  A citation shall be 
sufficient if it be in the form provided for citations in civil 
cases in such court; provided, however, that a copy of the judgment 
of forfeiture entered by the court, a copy of the forfeited bond, 
and a copy of any power of attorney attached to the forfeited bond
shall be attached to the citation and the citation shall notify the 
parties cited to appear and show cause why the judgment of 
forfeiture should not be made final.
	SECTION __.  Article 22.05, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Art. 22.05.  CITATION AS IN CIVIL ACTIONS.  If service of 
citation is not waived under Article 22.03, a surety is [Sureties 
shall be] entitled to notice by service of citation, the length of 
time and in the manner required in civil actions; and the officer 
executing the citation shall return the same as in civil actions.  
It shall not be necessary to give notice to the defendant unless he 
has furnished his address on the bond, in which event notice to the 
defendant shall be deposited in the United States mail directed to 
the defendant at the address shown on the bond.
	SECTION __.  The changes in law made by this Act in amending 
Articles 22.03, 22.04, and 22.05, Code of Criminal Procedure, apply 
only to a citation of forfeiture issued on or after the effective 
date of this Act.  A citation of forfeiture issued before the 
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the 
date the citation of forfeiture is issued, and the former law is 
continued in effect for that purpose.