Amend Amendment No. 89 by Landtroop to CSSB 1811 (page 726 of the prefiled amendment packet) immediately following page 2, line 16 of the amendment add the following:
Amend CSSB 1811 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:
ARTICLE ____. STATE COSTS FOR ATTORNEYS AD LITEM AND
GUARDIANS AD LITEM APPOINTED TO REPRESENT MINORS IN
JUDICIAL BYPASS ABORTION PROCEEDINGS
SECTION ____.01. (a) Not later than December 1, 2011, the supreme court by rule shall establish procedures for the supreme court and each county court at law, court having probate jurisdiction, district court, and court of appeals in this state to conduct a financial audit to determine for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2011, the amount of state funds used to pay the costs of attorneys ad litem and guardians ad litem appointed to represent minors under Section 33.003 or 33.004, Family Code.
(b) In the procedures adopted under Subsection (a) of this section, the supreme court must require each state court to submit to the supreme court a report on the results of the financial audit conducted by the court not later than November 1, 2012.
(c) Not later than January 1, 2013, the supreme court shall submit to the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives a report that summarizes the results of financial audits conducted in the state courts and includes the total amount of state funds used in the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2011, to pay the costs of attorneys ad litem and guardians ad litem appointed to represent minors under Section 33.003 or 33.004, Family Code.