Amend CSSJR 43 as follows:
      (1)  On page 2, strike lines 4 and 5 and substitute the
following:
      SECTION 1.  Section 1-b, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is
amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (g) to
read as follows:
      (2)  On page 3, between lines 1 and 2, insert the following:
      (g)  For purposes of the limitation on tax increases on a
subsequently qualified residence homestead provided by Subsection
(d) of this section, the legislature by general law may authorize
the governing body of a school district to elect to apply the
limitation provided by Subsection (d) to the residence homestead of
an individual as if that limitation were in effect on a date before
January 1, 1998, as prescribed by the legislature. The legislature
may specify the date by which the governing body must make the
election. The election applies only to taxes imposed in a tax year
that begins after the tax year in which the election is made.