Amend HB 1399 on third reading (second reading engrossment) 
as follows:    
	(1)  On page 1, line 7, between "DUTIES." and "A judge", 
insert "(a)".
	(2)  On page 1, line 12, strike "The" and substitute "Subject 
to Subsection (b), the".
	(3)  On page 1, between lines 15 and 16, insert the 
following:               
	(b)  This article does not require a judge of municipal court 
to perform an inquest on receipt of notice from a person under 
Article 49.07(c-1).  A judge of a municipal court who receives 
notice under that section may decline to perform the inquest by 
forwarding the notice to another person authorized to perform an 
inquest under this chapter.
	(4)  On page 2, line 3, between "49.15(c)" and the underlined 
period, insert ", unless the commissioners court and the governing 
body of the municipality enter into an alternate agreement 
concerning the payment of those fees".