Amend CSHJR 1 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
Sections to the resolution and renumbering existing Sections 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subsection (c), Section 1-b, Article VIII, 
Texas Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
	(c) Forty Five[Fifteen] Thousand Dollars (45,000)[($15,000)] 
of the market value of the residence homestead of a married or 
unmarried adult, including one living alone, is exempt from ad 
valorem taxation for general elementary and secondary public school 
purposes.  The legislature by general law may provide that all or 
part of the exemption does not apply to a district or political 
subdivision that imposes ad valorem taxes for public education 
purposes but is not the principal school district providing general 
elementary and secondary public education throughout its 
territory.  In addition to this exemption, the legislature by 
general law may exempt an amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars 
($10,000) of the market value of the residence homestead of a person 
who is disabled as defined in Subsection (b) of this section and of 
a person sixty-five (65) years of age or older from ad valorem 
taxation for general elementary and secondary public school 
purposes.  The legislature by general law may base the amount of and 
condition eligibility for the additional exemption authorized by 
this subsection for disabled persons and for persons sixty-five 
(65) years of age or older on economic need.  An eligible disabled 
person who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older may not receive 
both exemptions from a school district but may choose either.  An 
eligible person is entitled to receive both the exemption required 
by this subsection for all residence homesteads and any exemption 
adopted pursuant to Subsection (b) of this section, but the 
legislature shall provide by general law whether an eligible 
disabled or elderly person may receive both the additional 
exemption for the elderly and disabled authorized by this 
subsection and any exemption for the elderly or disabled adopted 
pursuant to Subsection (b) of this section.  Where ad valorem tax 
has previously been pledged for the payment of debt, the taxing 
officers of a school district may continue to levy and collect the 
tax against the value of homesteads exempted under this subsection 
until the debt is discharged if the cessation of the levy would 
impair the obligation of the contract by which the debt was created.  
The legislature shall provide for formulas to protect school 
districts against all or part of the revenue loss incurred by the 
implementation of Article VIII, Sections 1-b(c), 1-b(d), and 1-d-1, 
of this constitution.  The legislature by general law may define 
residence homestead for purposes of this section.
	SECTION ____.  Amend the submission clause in the resolution 
accordingly.