Amend CSSB 19 (senate committee report) as follows:

(1)  In ARTICLE 1 of the bill, insert an appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber the existing SECTIONS accordingly:

SECTION __.__. Section 572.0252, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 572.0252.  INFORMATION ABOUT LEGAL REFERRALS. A state officer who is an attorney shall report on the financial statement:

(1)  making or receiving any referral for compensation for legal services; [and]

(2)  the date the referral is made or received;

(4)  the percentage of the legal fee paid or received that was agreed to between the parties to the referral, or, if the fee is not a percentage, the agreed amount of the fee paid or received [the category of the amount of any fee accepted for making a referral for legal services].

(2)  In the recital to SECTION 2.03 of the bill (page 4, line 42), strike "Sections 572.062 and 572.063" and substitute "Section 572.062."

(3)  In SECTION 2.03 of the bill, strike added Section 572.063, Government Code (page 4, line 66, through page 5, line 8).

(4)  Strike SECTION 3.01(c) of the bill (page 5, lines 48-53).