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Amend CSHB 2571 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                      
	(1)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, strike added Section 
2308.0575(b), Occupations Code (page 2, lines 30 through 36), and 
substitute the following:
	(b)  In adopting rules under Subsection (a), the commission 
shall contract for a study that:
		(1)  examines nonconsent towing fee studies conducted 
by municipalities in this state; and
		(2)  analyzes for private property tows the cost of 
services by company, the consumer price index, the geographic area, 
and individual cost components.
	(2)  In SECTION 5 of the bill, in the heading to amended 
Section 2308.204, Occupations Code (page 2, line 63), strike 
"NONCONSENT" and substitute "PRIVATE PROPERTY [NONCONSENT]".
	(3)  In SECTION 5 of the bill, in amended Section 2308.204, 
Occupations Code (page 2, line 68), strike "[from private 
property]" and substitute "from private property".
	(4)  In SECTION 17 of the bill, strike amended Section 
2308.458(b), Occupations Code (page 5, lines 40 through 48), and 
substitute the following:
	(b)  The court shall notify the person who requested the 
hearing, the parking facility owner [person] or law enforcement 
agency that authorized the removal of the vehicle, the towing 
company, and the vehicle storage facility in which the vehicle was 
placed of the date, time, and place of the hearing in a manner 
provided by Rule 21a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.  The notice of 
the hearing to the towing company and the parking facility owner 
[person] or law enforcement agency that authorized the removal of 
the vehicle shall include a copy of the request for hearing.
	(5)  In SECTION 18 of the bill, in added Section 2308.460(b), 
Occupations Code (page 5, line 57), immediately following the 
period, insert "The department must provide notice of the 
suspension to the license holder at least 30 days before the date 
the license is to be suspended.".
	(6)  In SECTION 20 of the bill (page 6, line 14), strike 
"April" and substitute "September".
	(7)  In SECTION 22 of the bill, strike Subsection (b) of that 
section (page 6, lines 29 and 30) and substitute the following:
	(b)  Section 2308.0575, Occupations Code, as added by this 
Act, takes effect September 1, 2010.