Amend HB 1082 as follows:                                                    
	Strike SECTION 2 on page 1, line 33 and insert the following:                  
	SECTION 2.  Section 41.43, Tax Code, is amended as follows:                    
	(a)  In a protest authorized by Section 41.41(a)(1) or (2) 
[41.41(1) or (2)], the appraisal district has the burden of 
establishing the value of the property by a preponderance of the 
evidence presented at the hearing.  If the appraisal district fails 
to meet that standard, the protest shall be determined in favor of 
the property owner.
	(b)  A protest on the ground of unequal appraisal of property 
shall be determined in favor of the protesting party unless the 
appraisal district establishes that the appraisal ratio of the 
property is not greater than the median level of appraisal of:
(1)  a reasonable and representative sample of other 
properties in the appraisal district;
(2)  a sample of properties in the appraisal district 
consisting of a reasonable number of other properties similarly 
situated to, or of the same general kind or character as, the 
property subject to the protest; or
(3)  a reasonable number of comparable properties 
appropriately adjusted.     
	(c)  For purposes of subsection (b), a protesting party may 
establish that the appraised value of the property is greater than 
the median appraised value of a reasonable number of comparable 
properties appropriately adjusted.  This subsection does not limit 
the methods or evidence that may be used by a protesting party under 
this section.
	(d) [(c)]  For purposes of this section, evidence includes 
the data, schedules, formulas, or other information used to 
establish the matter at issue.