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Amend CSHB 3588 in ARTICLE 12 of the bill by adding the 
following appropriately numbered Section and renumbering 
subsequent sections accordingly:
	SECTION 12.____.  Article 26.13(a), Code of Criminal 
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Prior to accepting a plea of guilty or a plea of nolo 
contendere, the court shall admonish the defendant of:
(1)  the range of the punishment attached to the 
offense;                     
(2)  the fact that the recommendation of the 
prosecuting attorney as to punishment is not binding on the court.  
Provided that the court shall inquire as to the existence of any 
plea bargaining agreements between the state and the defendant and, 
in the event that such an agreement exists, the court shall inform 
the defendant whether it will follow or reject such agreement in 
open court and before any finding on the plea.  Should the court 
reject any such agreement, the defendant shall be permitted to 
withdraw his plea of guilty or nolo contendere;
(3)  the fact that if the punishment assessed does not 
exceed the punishment recommended by the prosecutor and agreed to 
by the defendant and the defendant's [his] attorney, the trial 
court must give its permission to the defendant before the 
defendant [he] may prosecute an appeal on any matter in the case 
except for those matters raised by written motions filed prior to 
trial;
(4)  the fact that if the defendant is not a citizen of 
the United States of America, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere 
for the offense charged may result in deportation, the exclusion 
from admission to this country, or the denial of naturalization 
under federal law; [and]
(5)  the fact that the defendant will be required to 
meet the registration requirements of Chapter 62, if the defendant 
is convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication for an offense 
for which a person is subject to registration under that chapter; 
and
(6)  the fact that the state imposes additional fees 
or financial obligations on the defendant in connection with the 
plea and the amounts of those fees and financial obligations.