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	Amend SB 472 (house committee report) by adding the following 
appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering 
subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 118, Local Government 
Code, is amended by adding Section 118.026 to read as follows:
	Sec. 118.026. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE. (a) A county clerk 
shall collect a $150 fee for a notice of sale filed under Section 
51.002(b)(2), Property Code, from the holder of the security 
instrument, unless the holder is the original grantee of the 
security instrument.  If a property has more than one notice of sale 
filed for the property and the fee has not been refunded under 
Subsection (e), the county clerk may not collect more than $150 fee 
from the holder of the security instrument under this subsection.
	(b) The county clerk shall keep a separate record of the fees 
collected under this section and shall remit the fees to the county 
treasurer not later than the deadline provided by Section 113.022.  
The county may retain not more than five percent of the fees for the 
county's costs for implementing and administering this section.
	(c) On or before the last day of the month following each 
calendar quarter, the county treasurer shall remit to the 
comptroller the money from all fees collected during the preceding 
quarter, except as provided by Subsection (b) or (e).
	(d) The comptroller shall deposit the money received under 
Subsection (c) in the judicial fund for programs approved by the 
supreme court that provide basic civil legal services to the 
indigent.
	(e) The county treasurer shall refund a $150 fee collected 
under Subsection (a) not later than the 60th day after the date the 
refund is requested if:
		(1) the foreclosure sale is canceled; and                              
		(2) the holder of the security instrument provides to 
the county clerk:
			(A) documentation establishing that the 
foreclosure sale was canceled; and
			(B) an affidavit signed by a designated 
representative of the holder of the security instrument indicating 
that the holder has not received reimbursement from the mortgagor 
for the fee.
	SECTION ____. The change in law made by Section 118.026, 
Local Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a 
notice of sale filed on or after the effective date of this Act.  A 
notice filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by 
the law in effect when the notice was filed, and the former law is 
continued in effect for that purpose.