Amend CSSB 1811 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter D, Chapter 74, Property Code, is amended by adding Section 74.3014 to read as follows:
Sec. 74.3014. DELIVERY OF MONEY IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) Notwithstanding and in addition to any other provision of this chapter or other law, a county having a population of less than 25,000 in which the state or one of its political subdivisions, including an institution of higher education, owns more than 25 percent of the land in the county may deliver reported money to a fund established by the county to benefit the county instead of delivering the money to the comptroller as required by Section 74.301.
(b) Money in the county fund may be distributed in the form of grants to nonprofit, nonreligious organizations that work for the betterment of the county through education, recreation, culture, or protecting the health and safety of the county.
(c) A county shall file with the comptroller a verification of money delivered under this section that complies with Section 74.302.
(d) A claim for money delivered under this section must be filed with the county that delivered the money. The county shall pay the claim if the county determines in good faith that the claim is valid. A person aggrieved by a claim decision may file suit against the county in a district court in the county in accordance with Section 74.506.
(e) The comptroller shall prescribe the forms and procedures governing this section, including forms and procedures relating to:
(1) notice of presumed abandoned property;
(2) delivery of reported money to the county fund; and
(3) filing of a claim.
SECTION ____. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.