Amend HB 954 as follows:
      (1)  On page 1, strike lines 7-11 and substitute the
following:
      (d)  The governing body may not adopt a tax rate that exceeds
the lower of the rollback tax rate or 103 percent of the effective
tax rate calculated as provided by this chapter <if applied to the
total taxable value would impose an amount of taxes that exceeds
last year's levy> until the governing body <it> has held a public
hearing on the proposed tax rate and has otherwise complied with
Section 26.06.  The governing body of a taxing unit shall reduce a
tax rate set by law or by vote of the electorate to the lower of
the rollback tax rate or 103 percent of the effective tax rate and
may not adopt a higher rate unless it first complies with Section
26.06.
      (2)  Strike SECTION 2 of the bill (page 1, lines 12-14) and
renumber the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.
      (3)  On page 1, line 19, strike "rate".
      (4)  On page 2, line 2, strike "rate".
      (5)  On page 2, line 8, strike "RATE".
      (6)  On page 2, strike lines 9-14 and substitute the
following:
      ""The (name of the taxing unit) will hold a public hearing on
a proposal to increase total tax revenues from properties on the
tax roll in the preceding year by (percentage by which <taxes to be
imposed under> proposed tax rate exceeds lower of rollback tax rate
or effective tax rate calculated under this chapter <exceed last
year's levy>) percent.  Your individual taxes may increase at a
greater or lesser rate, or even decrease,".
      (7)  On page 2, strike lines 21 and 22 and substitute the
following:  "each voted on the proposal to consider the tax
increase <in total tax revenues> or, if one or more were absent,
indicating the".
      (8)  On page 2, line 25, strike "<adopted>" and substitute
"adopted".
      (9)  On page 3, line 3, strike "<adopted>" and substitute
"adopted".
      (10)  On page 4, strike lines 7-10 and substitute the
following:  "hearing the governing body <it> shall give notice of
the meeting at which it will vote on the proposed tax rate <to
increase total tax revenues> and the notice shall be in the same
form as prescribed by Subsections (b) and (c), except that it must
state the following:".
      (11)  On page 4, strike lines 13-19 and substitute the
following:  "a proposal to increase the total tax revenues of the
(name of the taxing unit) from properties on the tax roll in the
preceding year by (percentage by which <taxes to be imposed under>
proposed tax rate exceeds lower of rollback tax rate or effective
tax rate calculated under this chapter <exceed last year's levy>)
percent on (date and time public hearing was conducted).
      "The (governing body of the taxing unit) is scheduled to vote
on the tax rate that will result in that tax increase at a public".
      (12)  On page 4, line 21, strike "rate".
      (13)  Strike page 4, line 27, through page 5, line 5, and
substitute the following:  "body does not adopt a tax rate that
exceeds the lower of the rollback tax rate or 103 percent of the
effective tax rate <would impose an amount of taxes that exceeds
last year's levy> by the 14th day, it must give a new notice under
Subsection (d) before it may adopt a rate that exceeds the lower of
the rollback tax rate or 103 percent of the effective tax rate
<would impose an amount of taxes that exceeds last year's levy>."
      (14)  On page 5, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following
SECTION and renumber the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
      SECTION ___.  Section 25.19(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
      (b)  The chief appraiser shall separate real from personal
property and include in the notice for each:
            (1)  a list of the taxing units in which the property
is taxable;
            (2)  the appraised value of the property in the
preceding year;
            (3)  the taxable value of the property in the preceding
year for each taxing unit taxing the property;
            (4)  the appraised value of the property for the
current year and the kind and amount of each partial exemption, if
any, approved for the current year;
            (5)  if the appraised value is greater than it was in
the preceding year:
                  (A)  the effective tax rate that would be
announced pursuant to Chapter 26 if the total values being
submitted to the appraisal review board were to be approved by the
board with an explanation that that rate would raise the same
amount of revenue from property taxed in the preceding year as the
unit raised for those purposes in the preceding year;
                  (B)  the amount of tax that would be imposed on
the property on the basis of the rate described by Paragraph (A);
and
                  (C)  a statement that the governing body of the
unit may not adopt a rate that will increase tax revenues for
operating purposes from properties taxed in <above tax revenues
for> the preceding year without publishing notice in a newspaper
that it is considering a tax increase and holding a hearing for
taxpayers to discuss the tax increase;
            (6)  in italic typeface, the following statement:  "The
Texas Legislature does not set the amount of your local taxes.
Your property tax burden is decided by your locally elected
officials, and all inquiries concerning your taxes should be
directed to those officials";
            (7)  a detailed explanation of the time and procedure
for protesting the value;
            (8)  the date and place the appraisal review board will
begin hearing protests; and
            (9)  a brief explanation that:
                  (A)  the governing body of each taxing unit
decides whether or not taxes on the property will increase and the
appraisal district only determines the value of the property; and
                  (B)  a taxpayer who objects to increasing taxes
and government expenditures should complain to the governing bodies
of the taxing units and only complaints about value should be
presented to the appraisal office and the appraisal review board.