Amend the Shields ballot proposition amendment to CSHJR 4 to
read as follows:
      Strike the ballot proposition and substitute the
following:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing changes in
law to reduce local property taxes and increase the state's share
of public education funding, including:
      (1)  dedication of lottery revenue to public schools;
      (2)  authorizing a limited state property tax on
nonresidential property;
      (3)  authorizing a privilege or franchise tax on the income
and capital of business organizations other than sole
proprietorships;
      (4)  providing for the transfer to a different homestead of
the school property tax freeze on homesteads of the elderly;
      (5)  providing a cap on the maintenance and operations tax
rate for schools;
      (6)  authorizing the legislature to limit the frequency of
appraisals and increases in value of residence homesteads for
property tax purposes;
      (7)  providing for the creation of a commission to study and
make recommendations on efficiency in state government;
      (8)  providing an equity standard for the public school
finance system;
      (9)  providing for alternative taxation of separate interests
in oil and gas;
      (10)  authorizing a franchise tax on certain river
authorities generating electricity; and
      (11)  establishing public schools as the first priority in
state spending and preserving the level of state funding of public
schools."