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Amend SB 548 on third reading as follows:
(1) In the introductory language to SECTION 1 of the bill
(page 1, lines 4-5), strike "Subsection (b), Section 31.06, Penal
Code, is amended" and substitute "Section 31.06, Penal Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (g)".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following amended
Subsection (b), Section 31.06, Penal Code (page 2, between lines 2
and 3), insert the following:
(g) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (f), the prima facie
evidence or presumption established by those subsections do not
apply until 40 days after receipt of notice under Subsection (b) if:
(1) the notice was given only under Subsection
(b)(1)(A); and
(2) the defendant claims that the defendant did not
receive that notice.
(3) In the introductory language to SECTION 2 of the bill
(page 2, lines 3-4), strike "Subsection (c), Section 32.41, Penal
Code, is amended" and substitute "Section 32.41, Penal Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (h)".
(4) In SECTION 2 of the bill, immediately following amended
Subsection (c), Section 32.41, Penal Code (between page 2, line 27,
and page 3, line 1), insert the following:
(h) Notwithstanding Subsections (b) and (d), the presumption
established by Subsection (b) does not apply until 40 days after
receipt of notice under Subsection (c), and the presumption
established by Subsection (d) does not apply, if:
(1) the notice was given only under Subsection
(c)(1)(A); and
(2) the defendant claims that the defendant did not
receive that notice.