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	Amend CSSB 1951 (House committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering the 
subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  (a)  Section 43.120, Government Code, is 
amended by amending Subsections (d) and (f) and adding Subsections 
(d-1), (d-2), and (g) to read as follows:
	(d)  The commissioners courts of Culberson and Hudspeth 
counties shall each pay to El Paso County the budgeted prosecution 
costs, which may not exceed a total of $90,000 for Culberson and 
Hudspeth counties per fiscal year [$100 a month to be expended, on 
sworn claims of the district attorney approved by the Commissioners 
Court of El Paso County], for the preparation and conduct of 
criminal affairs of the district attorney's office, including 
compensation for assistants and other employees of the district 
attorney, applicable to their respective county.  Each year the 
district attorney's office shall:
		(1)  prepare a budget and financial statement for the 
upcoming fiscal year; and
		(2)  file the budget and financial statement with the 
commissioners courts of Hudspeth and Culberson counties.
	(d-1)  The budget and financial statement required by 
Subsection (d) must contain:
		(1)  the budgeted prosecution costs for Culberson and 
Hudspeth counties, with the costs for each county listed 
separately; and
		(2)  any additional information considered appropriate 
by the district attorney or required by the commissioners court of 
Culberson or Hudspeth County.
	(d-2)  Hudspeth and Culberson counties shall remit 
one-fourth of the budgeted prosecution costs applicable to the 
respective county to El Paso County not later than the last day of 
each fiscal quarter.
	(f)  El Paso County is responsible for managing the funds 
expended by the district attorney for the preparation and conduct 
of criminal affairs of the district attorney's office, including 
funds to compensate assistants and other employees of the district 
attorney.  Hudspeth and Culberson counties shall remit one-fourth 
of the budgeted funds to El Paso County not later than the last day 
of each fiscal quarter.  [The assistants and other employees of the 
district attorney are compensated by the Commissioners Court of El 
Paso County.]  The Commissioners Court of El Paso County must 
approve the number of assistants and other employees appointed by 
the district attorney and the amount of compensation of those 
employees.
	(g)  Nothing in this section prevents El Paso County from 
entering into an interlocal agreement with Culberson or Hudspeth 
County in lieu of budgeting costs as provided by this section or 
Section 140.003, Local Government Code. An interlocal agreement 
under this subsection may not exceed $90,000 per fiscal year.
	(b)  This section takes effect October 1, 2007.