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	Amend CSHB 530 (house committee printing) as follows:                        

(1)  On page 5, line 2, strike "by adding Subsection (c)".
	(2)  On page 5, between lines 2 and 3, insert:                                 
	Sec. 469.003.  OVERSIGHT.  (a)  The lieutenant governor and 
the speaker of the house of representatives may assign to 
appropriate legislative committees duties relating to the 
oversight of drug court programs established under this chapter
[Section 469.002].
	(b)  A legislative committee or the governor may request the 
state auditor to perform a management, operations, or financial or 
accounting audit of a drug court program established under this 
chapter [Section 469.002].
	(3)  On page 5, line 3, strike "Section 469.002" and 
substitute "this chapter".
	(4)  On page 5, line 12, strike "Section 469.002" and 
substitute "this chapter [Section 469.002]".
	(5)  Add appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill to read 
as follows and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 469.007, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 469.007.  USE OF OTHER DRUG AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS 
PROGRAMS.  In addition to using a drug court program established 
under this chapter [Section 469.002], the commissioners court of a 
county or a court may use other drug awareness or drug and alcohol 
driving awareness programs to treat persons convicted of drug or 
alcohol related offenses.
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 469, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Sections 469.005, 469.008, and 469.009 to read as 
follows:
	Sec. 469.005.  DRUG COURT PROGRAMS EXCLUSIVELY FOR CERTAIN 
INTOXICATION OFFENSES.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county may 
establish under this chapter a drug court program exclusively for 
persons arrested for, charged with, or convicted of an offense 
involving the operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
	(b)  A county that establishes a drug court program under 
this chapter but does not establish a separate program under this 
section must employ procedures designed to ensure that a person 
arrested for, charged with, or convicted of a second or subsequent 
offense involving the operation of a motor vehicle while 
intoxicated participates in the county's existing drug court 
program.
	Sec. 469.008.  SUSPENSION OR DISMISSAL OF COMMUNITY SERVICE 
REQUIREMENT.  (a)  Notwithstanding Sections 13 and 16, Article 
42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, to encourage participation in a 
drug court program established under this chapter, the judge or 
magistrate administering the program may suspend any requirement 
that, as a condition of community supervision, a participant in the 
program work a specified number of hours at a community service 
project or projects.
	(b)  On successful completion of a drug court program, a 
judge or magistrate may excuse the participant from any condition 
of community supervision previously suspended under Subsection 
(a).
	Sec. 469.009.  OCCUPATIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.  
Notwithstanding Section 521.242, Transportation Code, if a 
participant's driver's license has been suspended as a result of an 
alcohol-related or drug-related enforcement contact, as defined by 
Section 524.001, Transportation Code, or as a result of a 
conviction under Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, the 
judge or magistrate administering a drug court program under this 
chapter may order that an occupational license be issued to the 
participant.  An order issued under this section is subject to 
Sections 521.248-521.252, Transportation Code, except that any 
reference to a petition under Section 521.242 of that code does not 
apply.
	(6)  On page 11, line 27, through page 12, line 1, strike "The 
change in law made by this Act in amending Section 469.001" and 
substitute "Except as otherwise provided by this section, the 
change in law made by this Act in amending Chapter 469".