Floor Packet Page No. 129
      Amend CSHB 4 by deleting SECTION 2.48, SECTION 2.49, and
SECTION 2.50.
      Amend SECTION 2.55, by deleting subsection (c), (d), (e) and
(f) and amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
      (b)  <Except as provided by Subsections (c)-(f) of this
section, this> This article applies to each tax year that begins on
or after January 1, 1997. The changes in law made by this article
do not apply to ad valorem taxes imposed before January 1, 1997,
and the law as it existed before January 1, 1997, is continued in
effect for those purposes.