Amend HB 1082 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering existing SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION _____. Section 43.01, Tax Code, is amended to read as 
follows:       
	Sec. 43.01. AUTHORITY TO BRING SUIT. (a) The following 
persons [A taxing unit] may sue the appropriate appraisal district 
or the appraisal review board established for that appraisal 
district [that appraises property for the unit] to compel the 
appraisal district or appraisal review board to comply with the 
provisions of this title, rules of the comptroller, or other 
applicable law:
		(1) a taxing unit;                                                     
		(2) a property owner;                                                  
		(3) a lessee of property who is contractually obligated 
to pay taxes imposed on the property;
		(4) an agent of a property owner designated under 
Section 1.111; or  
		(5) any other person authorized to bring an action on 
behalf of a person listed in Subdivisions (1)-(4).
	(b) The court shall award court costs and reasonable 
attorney's fees to a plaintiff who prevails in a suit brought under 
this section.
	SECTION _____. (a) Section 43.01, Tax Code, as amended by 
this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
	(b) The changes in law made by Section 43.01, Tax Code, as 
amended by this Act apply only to a suit filed under Section 43.01, 
Tax Code, on or after the effective date of this Act.  A suit filed 
under Section 43.01, Tax Code, before the effective date of this Act 
is governed by the law in effect on the date the suit was filed, and 
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.