Amend CSSB 1811 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ___. FEES FOR CERTAIN PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAMS

SECTION ___.01.  Article 102.0121, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(a)  A district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney may collect a fee in an amount not to exceed $500 to be used for the purposes provided by Subsection (d) [to reimburse a county for expenses, including expenses of the district attorney's, criminal district attorney's, or county attorney's office, related to a defendant's participation in a pretrial intervention program offered in that county].

(c)  Fees collected under this article shall be deposited in the county treasury in a special fund to be administered by the district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney. Approval of expenditures from the fund is at the sole discretion of the attorney [used solely to administer the pretrial intervention program. An expenditure from the fund may be made only in accordance with a budget approved by the commissioners court].