Amend HB 3549 as follows: (1) Strike SECTION 8 of the bill (page 3, lines 21-36, Committee Printing) and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly. (2) In SECTION 9 of the bill, proposed Section 33.04(b)(2), Tax Code (page 3, line 60, Committee Printing), strike "current appraisal" and substitute "most recent certified appraisal roll". (3) In SECTION 16 of the bill, proposed Section 33.53(c), Tax Code (page 6, lines 47-51, Committee Printing), strike proposed Subdivision (2) and substitute the following: "(2) may be accompanied by a copy of the judgment and a bill of costs attached to the order and incorporate the terms of the judgment or bill of costs by reference." (4) In SECTION 17 of the bill, amended Section 34.01(b), Tax Code (page 7, line 8, Committee Printing), strike "under Subsection (d)". (5) In SECTION 17 of the bill, amended Section 34.01, Tax Code (page 7, lines 21-24, Committee Printing), strike proposed Subsection (d) and redesignate proposed Subsection (e) as Subsection (d). (6) In SECTION 17 of the bill, amended Section 34.01, Tax Code (page 7, lines 30-35, Committee Printing), strike proposed Subsection (f), and redesignate Subsections (g)-(u) as Subsections (e)-(s). (7) In SECTION 17 of the bill, proposed Section 34.01(g), Tax Code (page 7, line 36, Committee Printing), strike "or (d)". (8) In SECTION 17 of the bill, proposed Section 34.01(j), Tax Code (page 7, line 61, Committee Printing), strike "Subsection (i)" and substitute "Subsection (g)". (9) In SECTION 17 of the bill, amended Section 34.01(e), Tax Code (page 8, line 61, Committee Printing), strike "Subsection (l)" and substitute "Subsection (j)". (10) In SECTION 17 of the bill, amended Section 34.01(f), Tax Code (page 8, line 68, Committee Printing), strike "Subsection (q)" and substitute "Subsection (o)". (11) In SECTION 26 of the bill, amended Section 34.21(b), Tax Code (page 13, line 9, Committee Printing), strike "34.01(l)" and substitute "34.01(j)". (12) In SECTION 17 of the bill, proposed Section 34.01(s)(1), Tax Code (page 9, Committee Printing, at the end of line 10), add "delinquent". (13) Strike SECTION 18 of the bill (page 9, lines 25-45, Committee Printing) and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly. (14) In SECTION 24 of the bill, proposed Section 34.06(c) (page 11, line 59, Committee Printing), strike "(3) costs described by Subsection (d)" and substitute "(3) costs described by Subsection (f)". (15) Strike SECTION 29 of the bill (page 16, lines 11-51, Committee Printing) and substitute the following: SECTION 29. Chapter I, Texas Probate Code, is amended by adding Section 5C to read as follows: Sec. 5C. ACTIONS TO COLLECT DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES. (a) This section applies only to a decedent's estate that: (1) is being administered in a pending probate proceeding; (2) owns or claims an interest in property against which a taxing unit has imposed ad valorem taxes that are delinquent; and (3) is not being administered as an independent administration under Section 145 of this code. (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, if the probate proceedings are pending in a foreign jurisdiction or in a county other than the county in which the taxes were imposed, a suit to foreclose the lien securing payment of the taxes or to enforce personal liability for the taxes must be brought under Section 33.41, Tax Code, in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the taxes were imposed. (c) If the probate proceedings have been pending for four years or less in the county in which the taxes were imposed, the taxing unit may present a claim for the delinquent taxes against the estate to the personal representative of the estate in the probate proceedings. (d) If the taxing unit presents a claim against the estate under Subsection (c) of this section: (1) the claim of the taxing unit is subject to each applicable provision in Parts 4 and 5, Chapter VIII, of this code that relates to a claim or the enforcement of a claim in a probate proceeding; and (2) the taxing unit may not bring a suit in any other court to foreclose the lien securing payment of the taxes or to enforce personal liability for the delinquent taxes before the first day after the fourth anniversary of the date the application for the probate proceeding was filed. (e) To foreclose the lien securing payment of the delinquent taxes, the taxing unit must bring a suit under Section 33.41, Tax Code, in a court of competent jurisdiction for the county in which the taxes were imposed if: (1) the probate proceedings have been pending in that county for more than four years; and (2) the taxing unit did not present a delinquent tax claim under Subsection (c) of this section against the estate in the probate proceeding. (f) In a suit brought under Subsection (e) of this section, the taxing unit: (1) shall make the personal representative of the decedent's estate a party to the suit; and (2) may not seek to enforce personal liability for the taxes against the estate of the decedent. (16) In SECTION 35 of the bill (page 18, lines 3 and 4, Committee Printing), strike "Chapter 914" and substitute "Chapters 914 and 1111".