Amend HB 445 on third reading as follows:
      (1)  Strike the following in Section 327.006(a), Tax Code, as
added by SECTION 1 of the bill:
The governing body shall call an election if a number of qualified
voters of the municipality equal to at least five percent of the
number of votes cast in the most recent regular municipal election
petitions the governing body to call the election.
      (2)  Strike Section 327.007, Tax Code, as added by SECTION 1
of the bill and substitute a new Section 327.007 to read as
follows:
      Sec. 327.007.  EXPIRATION OF TAX. (a)  The sales and use tax
authorized by this chapter expires on the fourth anniversary of the
date the tax originally took effect under Section 327.005.
      (b)  The municipality may not call an election on the
question of authorizing a new tax under this chapter before the
first anniversary of the date on which the previous tax expired.
      (c)  The municipality shall notify the comptroller of the
scheduled expiration. The comptroller may delay the scheduled
expiration date if the comptroller notifies the municipality that
more time is required.  The comptroller must provide a new
expiration date  that is not later than the last day of the first
calendar quarter occurring after the notification to the
comptroller.