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	Amend CSSB 6, in Article 1 of the bill, by adding the 
following appropriately numbered sections to the article and 
renumbering the remaining sections of the article as appropriate:
	SECTION 1.__.  Section 107.013, Family Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  In a suit filed by a governmental entity requesting 
temporary managing conservatorship of a child, the court shall 
appoint an attorney ad litem to represent the interests of an 
indigent parent of the child who responds in opposition to the suit.
	SECTION 1.__.  Section 107.015(c), Family Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(c)  If indigency of the parents is shown, an attorney ad 
litem appointed to represent a child or parent in a suit filed by a 
governmental entity [in which termination of the parent-child 
relationship is requested] shall be paid from the general funds of 
the county according to the fee schedule that applies to an attorney 
appointed to represent a child in a suit under Title 3 as provided 
by Chapter 51.  The court may not award attorney ad litem fees under 
this chapter against the state, a state agency, or a political 
subdivision of the state except as provided by this subsection.
	SECTION 1.__.  (a) Section 118.018, Local Government Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to 
read as follows:
	(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), a [A] county clerk 
who collects a fee under this section from a marriage license 
applicant shall deposit $3 of that fee to be sent to the comptroller 
as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 133, for deposit in the family 
trust fund established under Section 2.014, Family Code.
	(d)  In addition to other fees collected under this section, 
a county clerk shall collect from a marriage license applicant a fee 
not to exceed $15 to be deposited in the county treasury to be used 
by the county only to pay the fees to provide attorneys ad litem to 
represent indigent parents in child protective services cases.
	(b)  Section 118.019, Local Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 118.019.  DECLARATION OF INFORMAL MARRIAGE.  (a) The 
fee for "Declaration of Informal Marriage" under Section 118.011 is 
for all services rendered in connection with the execution of a 
declaration of informal marriage under Section 2.402 [1.92], Family 
Code.  The fee shall be collected at the time the service is 
rendered.
	(b)  In addition to the fee described by Subsection (a), a 
county clerk shall collect from the parties to a declaration of 
informal marriage a fee not to exceed $15 to be deposited in the 
county treasury to be used by the county only to pay the fees to 
provide attorneys ad litem to represent indigent parents in child 
protective services cases.
	(c)  Section 118.022(a), Local Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  The county clerk shall deposit, as provided by 
Subchapter B, Chapter 133, $12.50 of each fee collected for 
issuance of a marriage license or declaration of informal marriage, 
other than a fee imposed under Section 118.018(d) or 118.019(b), to 
be sent to the comptroller and deposited as provided by Subsection 
(b).
	(d)  The changes in law made by this section to Sections 
118.018, 118.019, and 118.022, Local Government Code, apply only to 
a fee imposed for a marriage license application filed, or a 
declaration of an informal marriage executed, as applicable, on or 
after the effective date of this section.  A fee imposed for an 
application filed or declaration executed before the effective date 
of this section is governed by the law in effect on the date the 
application was filed or the declaration was executed, and the 
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.