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Amend SB 563 (Senate committee printing) by striking all 
below the enacting clause and substituting the following:
	SECTION 1.  Section 31.03(j), Penal Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	(j)  With the consent of the appropriate local county or 
district attorney, the attorney general has concurrent 
jurisdiction with that consenting local prosecutor to prosecute an 
offense under this section that involves the state Medicaid program 
or the unlawful appropriation of state property, including state 
funds.
	SECTION 2.  Section 32.45(e), Penal Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	(e)  With the consent of the appropriate local county or 
district attorney, the attorney general has concurrent 
jurisdiction with that consenting local prosecutor to prosecute an 
offense under this section that involves the state Medicaid program 
or the misapplication of state property, including state funds.
	SECTION 3.  Chapter 39, Penal Code, is amended by adding 
Section 39.015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 39.015.  CONCURRENT JURISDICTION TO PROSECUTE OFFENSES 
UNDER THIS CHAPTER.  With the consent of the appropriate local 
county or district attorney, the attorney general has concurrent 
jurisdiction with that consenting local prosecutor to prosecute an 
offense under this chapter.
	SECTION 4.  Section 39.04(b), Penal Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	(b)  An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a Class A 
misdemeanor.  An offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a state jail 
felony, except that the offense is a felony of the third degree if 
the offense is committed against a juvenile offender detained in or 
committed to a correctional facility the operation of which is 
financed primarily with state funds.
	SECTION 5.  The change in law made by Section 4 of this Act 
applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date 
of this Act.  An offense committed before the effective date of this 
Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For 
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the 
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was 
committed before that date.
	SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this  
Act takes effect September 1, 2007.