Amend CSSB 2858 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 6 of the substitute as follows:
(1) In added Section 102A.056(a)(2), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 3, line 68), between "signed" and the underscored period, insert ", less the amount the comptroller may retain under Subsection (b) of this section".
(2) Strike added Section 102A.056(b), Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 3, line 69, through page 4, line 5), and substitute the following:
(b) Except as provided by this subsection, the comptroller shall, on receipt of a copy of the final judgment in an action brought under Section 102A.052, deposit the balance of the suspense account maintained for the municipality or county defending the action under Section 321.501 or 323.501, Tax Code, as applicable, as of the date the judgment is signed to the credit of the general revenue fund. The comptroller may retain in the suspense account maintained for the municipality or county an amount not to exceed five percent of the balance of the suspense account as of the date the judgment is signed for the purpose of making refunds for overpayments to the suspense account or redeeming dishonored checks and drafts deposited to the credit of the suspense account. Not later than the fourth anniversary of the date the comptroller retains an amount in a suspense account under this subsection, the comptroller shall deposit the balance of that retained amount, if any, to the credit of the general revenue fund.
(3) In added Section 102A.057, Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 4, line 22), between "signed" and the underscored period, insert ", including any interest that accrued on the balance of the suspense account during the period the balance was withheld".