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Amend CSHB 2048 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 10, line 12, strike "In addition to" and substitute "Except as provided by Subsection (c), in addition to".
(2) On page 10, between lines 24 and 25, insert the following:
(c) The judge of the convicting court shall waive all or part of the fine required by Subsection (b) if the judge determines that the person is indigent or unable to pay all or part of the fine required by that subsection without undue hardship.
(d) For the purposes of Subsection (c), there is a rebuttable presumption that the person is indigent and qualifies for a full waiver if the judge determines that the person's net income is 125 percent of the federal poverty level or less.
(e) For the purposes of Subsection (c), there is a rebuttable presumption that the person qualifies for a partial waiver if the person's net income is greater than 125 percent of the federal poverty level but less than 300 percent of the federal poverty level.