HB 2821 is amended by adding Section 4 as follows:
      SECTION 2.  Subsections (a) and (e).  Section 11.435, Tax
Code, are amended to read as follows:
      (a)  The chief appraiser shall accept and approve <or deny> an
application for an exemption under Sections 11.18(d)(2) or (5) of
this code after the filing deadline provided by Section 11.43 of
this code if the application is filed not later than December 31 of
the second year after the year in which the taxes for which the
exemption is claimed were imposed.
      (e)  An application may not be filed under this section after
December 31, <1997> 1999.
and renumbering subsequent sections as appropriate.