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Amend CSHB 22 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 571.125, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) Counsel for the respondent may subpoena a witness to a preliminary review hearing in the same manner as an attorney's may issue a subpoena in a proceeding in a county or district court.
SECTION ____. Section 571.130, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) Counsel for the respondent may subpoena a witness to a formal hearing in the same manner as an attorney's may issue a subpoena in a proceeding in a county or district court.