Amend HB 954 as follows:
      (1) On page 5, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following
new SECTION in the bill, appropriately numbered, and renumber
subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
      SECTION _____.  Chapter 26, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Section 26.065 to read as follows:
      Sec. 26.065.  SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF HEARING ON TAX RATE
INCREASE. (a) In addition to the notice required under Section
26.06, the governing body of a taxing unit required to hold a
public hearing by Section 26.05 (d) shall give notice of the
hearing in the manner provided by this section.
      (b) If the taxing unit owns, operates, or controls an
Internet website, the unit shall post notice of the public hearing
on the website continuously for at least seven days immediately
before the public hearing on the proposed tax rate increase and at
least seven days immediately before the date of the vote proposing
the increase in the tax rate.
      (c) If the taxing unit has free access to a television
channel, that taxing unit shall request that the station carry a
60-second notice of the public hearing at least five times a day
between the hours of 7:00AM and 9:00PM for at least seven days
immediately before the public hearing on the proposed tax rate
increase and at least seven days immediately before the date of the
vote proposing the increase in the tax rate.
      (d) The notice of the public hearing required by Subsection
(b) must contain a statement that is substantially the same as the
statement required by Section 26.06 (b) (1) and must contain
information that is substantially the same as the information
required by Section 26.06 (b) (2).
      (e) This section does not apply to a taxing unit if the
taxing unit:
            (1) is unable to comply with the requirements of this
section because of the failure of an electronic or mechanical
device, including a computer or server; or
            (2) is unable to comply with the requirements of this
section due to other circumstances beyond its control.
      (f) A person who owns taxable property is not entitled to an
injunction restraining the collection of taxes by a taxing unit in
which the property is taxable if the taxing unit has, in good
faith, attempted to comply with the requirements of this section.
      (2) Amend SECTION 4 of the bill as follows:
            (a) This Act takes effect January 1, 2000, except as
provided by subsection (b) of this section.
            (b) Section 26.065 of this code as added by this Act
takes effect January 1, 2001.
            (<b>c) The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an ad valorem tax rate adopted on or after the effective date
<of this Act> applicable to that provision of law.