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Amend CSHB 13 (Senate committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ___.  Subtitle Z, Title 3, Finance Code, is amended 
by adding Chapter 279 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 279.  MONEY TRANSMISSION FEE

SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 279.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:                           
		(1)  "Money" or "monetary value" has the meaning 
assigned by Section 151.301.
		(2)  "Money transmission" means receiving money or 
monetary value to transmit the money or monetary value by wire, 
computer modem, facsimile, or other electronic means or through the 
use of a financial institution, a financial intermediary, the 
federal reserve system, or another funds transfer network.
		(3)  "Money transmission business" means a person 
engaging in money transmission as a service or for profit.

[Sections 279.002-279.050 reserved for expansion]

SUBCHAPTER B.  FEE ON CERTAIN MONEY TRANSMISSIONS
	Sec. 279.051.  FEE ON TRANSMISSIONS.  (a)  A money 
transmission business shall charge a fee on a money transmission of 
$5,000 or less.  The amount of the fee is five percent of the total 
amount sent by the money transmission, not to exceed $100.
	(b)  The money transmission business shall:                             
		(1)  collect the fee from the person directing or 
requesting the business to make the transmission; and
		(2)  remit the fee to the comptroller at the times and 
in the manner prescribed by the comptroller.
	(c)  The comptroller shall deposit the revenue received 
under this section to the credit of the border security account. The 
border security account is an account in the general revenue fund. 
Money in the account may be appropriated only to the governor's 
office for programs and initiatives to secure this state's 
international border.
	Sec. 279.052.  REFUND OF FEE.  (a)  A person is entitled to 
apply to the comptroller for a refund of a fee charged under Section 
279.051.
	(b)  The application for the refund must:                               
		(1)  be made in the manner provided for a claim for 
refund under Chapter 111, Tax Code, and on the form prescribed by 
the comptroller;
		(2)  have attached a fee receipt issued by the money 
transmission business showing full payment by the applicant of the 
fee for which the refund is sought;
		(3)  be filed not later than the 90th day after the date 
the fee for which the refund is sought is paid;
		(4)  include the documentation required by Subsection 
(c) or a copy of a letter of qualification and the statement 
described by Section 279.053; and
		(5)  contain a statement signed by the applicant that 
the applicant either is a United States citizen or is not a United 
States citizen but is lawfully present in the United States.
	(c)  Except as provided by Section 279.053, a person must 
submit at least two of the following documents with an application 
for a refund under this section:
		(1)  a certified copy of the person's birth certificate 
indicating the person was born in this state;
		(2)  a certified copy of a government document issued 
by this state to the person;
		(3)  a copy of a current driver's license or personal 
identification card issued to the person by the Department of 
Public Safety; or
		(4)  a copy of the person's social security card.                      
	Sec. 279.053.  LETTER OF QUALIFICATION.  On receipt of an 
application for an initial refund under Section 279.052, the  
comptroller shall determine whether the applicant is eligible for 
and has satisfied all requirements for receipt of the refund.  If 
the comptroller makes that determination, the comptroller shall, 
before paying the refund, promptly issue to the applicant a letter 
of qualification stating that the person has fully satisfied all 
requirements for receipt of a refund under this section.  For any 
subsequent application for a refund filed under Section 279.052, 
the applicant, in lieu of submitting the documentation required by 
Section 279.052(c), may submit to the comptroller a copy of the 
letter of qualification and a statement that information contained 
in the documentation the applicant submitted under Section 
279.052(c) for receipt of an initial refund has not changed in any 
material respect.
	Sec. 279.054.  RULES.  The comptroller shall adopt any 
necessary rules for the imposition, administration, payment, 
collection, enforcement, and refund of the fee imposed by Section 
279.051.
	SECTION ___.  The fees imposed under Subchapter B, Chapter 
279, Finance Code, as added by this Act, apply only to money 
transmissions that occur on or after October 1, 2007.
	SECTION ___.  Not later than October 1, 2007, the 
comptroller shall adopt rules as necessary to implement Chapter 
279, Finance Code, as added by this Act.