Amend CSSB 1717 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.
SECTION ____.  Section 33.003(e), Family Code, is amended to read as follows:
(e)  The court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for the minor. If the minor has not retained an attorney, the court shall appoint an attorney to represent the minor. The [If the guardian ad litem is an attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state, the] court may not appoint the guardian ad litem to serve as the minor's attorney. The court may not appoint the minor's attorney to be the guardian ad litem for the minor.
SECTION ____.  The change in law made by this Act to Section 33.003(e), Family Code, applies only to an application for a court order authorizing a minor to consent to an abortion filed under Section 33.003, Family Code, as amended by this Act, on or after the effective date of this Act. An application filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the application was filed, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.