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      Amend CSHB 4, in Article 2 of the bill, by adding a new
section, appropriately numbered, to read as follows and renumbering
subsequent sections of the bill appropriately:
      SECTION 2.____.  Section 31.01, Tax Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
      (k)  In addition to the information specified by Subsection
(c), a tax bill for 1997 school district taxes or the separate
statement accompanying a tax bill for 1997 school district taxes
shall include an explanation of the effect on the school district's
1997 tax rates caused by House Bill No. 4, Acts of the 75th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, and an estimate of any amount
by which the school district's 1997 taxes on the property are
reduced from the school district's 1996 taxes on the property
because of that Act.  If a tax bill for school district taxes
containing an explanation required by this subsection is mailed to
a mortgagee of a property, the mortgagee shall mail a copy of the
tax bill or accompanying statement containing the explanation to
the owner of the property before the 31st day after the date the
mortgagee receives the tax bill.  This subsection expires January
1, 1999.