Amend CSHB 107 (house committee printing) as follows:                        

(1)  On page 1, line 12, strike "imprisoned" and substitute 	"confined".
	(2)  On page 1, lines 19-20, strike ", as defined by Section 
1.07, Penal Code,".
	(3)  On page 2, line 2, strike "a district court" and 
substitute "the appropriate court".
	(4)  On page 2, lines 3 and 4, strike "where the defendant is 
imprisoned" and substitute "in which the penal institution is 
located".
	(5)  On page 2, line 13, strike "judge" and substitute 
"court".
	(6)  On page 2, line 20, strike ""penal institution" has the 
meaning" and substitute ""deadly weapon" and "penal institution" 
have the meanings".
	(7)  On page 2, line 22, through page 3, line 2, strike 
SECTION 2 of the bill.
	(8)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to 
the bill:          
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 27, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Article 27.19 to read as follows:
	Art. 27.19.  PLEA BY CERTAIN DEFENDANTS.  
(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a court 
shall accept a plea of guilty or nolo contendere from a defendant 
who is confined in a penal institution if the plea is made:
		(1)  in accordance with the procedure established by 
Article 27.18; or
		(2)  in writing before the appropriate court having 
jurisdiction in the county in which the penal institution is 
located, provided that:
			(A)  in the writing, the defendant waives the 
right to be present at the taking of the plea or to have counsel 
present; and
			(B)  if the defendant is charged with a felony, 
judgment and sentence are rendered in accordance with the 
conditions and the procedure established by Article 42.14(b).
	(b)  In this article, "penal institution" has the meaning 
assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.
	SECTION ____.  Article 27.19, Code of Criminal Procedure, as 
added by this Act, and Article 42.14, Code of Criminal Procedure, as 
amended by this Act, apply to a plea entered or to a judgment and 
sentence rendered in a criminal case on or after the effective date 
of this Act, regardless of whether the offense for which the plea is 
entered or judgment and sentence are rendered is committed before, 
on, or after that date.
	(9)  Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill appropriately.