Amend CSHB 670 by striking all below the enacting clause and
substituting the following:
      SECTION 1.  Section 6.025, Tax Code, is amended by amending
Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as
follows:
      (c)  The chief appraisers of appraisal districts described by
Subsection (a) shall <to the extent practicable> coordinate their
appraisal activities so as to <encourage and> facilitate the
appraisal of the same property appraised by each district at the
same value.
      (d)  If a chief appraiser approves an application for a
residence homestead exemption under Section 11.13 or an application
under that section for a residence homestead exemption for an
individual who is disabled or 65 years of age or older, the chief
appraiser of every other appraisal district in which the property
is located shall recognize that exemption and enter the exemption
on the appraisal rolls of the appraisal district.
      (e)  If on May 1 all the chief appraisers of the appraisal
districts described by Subsection (a) in which a parcel or item of
property is located are not in agreement as to the appraised value
of the property, on that date each of the chief appraisers shall
enter as the value of the property on the appraisal records of the
appropriate appraisal district the value that is calculated by:
            (1)  adding the appraised value of the property as
determined by each chief appraiser; and
            (2)  dividing the sum of those appraised values by the
number of appraisal districts in which the property is located.
      (f)  The owner of property for which the appraised value is
determined under Subsection (e) is entitled to file a protest in
relation to the property with the appraisal review board of any
appraisal district in which the property is located.  If the
appraisal review board or a court on appeal of the protest
determines a different appraised value for the property pursuant to
the protest or appeal, the chief appraiser of every appraisal
district in which the property is located shall enter that
appraised value of the property on the appraisal records of the
appraisal district.
      SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 1998, and
applies only to a tax year that begins on or after that date.
      SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby
suspended.