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Amend SB 340 as follows:                                                     

(1)  In the recital to SECTION 1 of the bill (House Committee 	Printing page 1, line 6), strike "(i)" and substitute "(j)".
	(2)  At the end of SECTION 1 of the bill, following proposed 
Section 22.01(i), Tax Code (House Committee Printing page 3, 
following line 8), add the following:
	(j)  Subsection (a) does not apply to property:                         
		(1)  that was exempt in the preceding tax year;                        
		(2)  that is described by Section 11.145, 11.15, 11.16, 
11.161, or 11.25; or
		(3)  subject to Section 22.02(b), for which the 
property owner has timely filed an application for an exemption.
	(3)  Between SECTIONS 1 and 2 of the bill (House Committee 
Printing page 3, between lines 8 and 9), insert the following 
SECTION, appropriately numbered, and renumber the subsequent 
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Section 22.02, Tax Code, is amended to read as 
follows:         
	Sec. 22.02.  RENDITION OF PROPERTY LOSING EXEMPTION DURING 
TAX YEAR OR FOR WHICH EXEMPTION APPLICATION IS DENIED.  (a) If an 
exemption applicable to a property on January 1 terminates during 
the tax year, the person who owns or acquires the property on the 
date applicability of the exemption terminates shall render the 
property for taxation within 30 days after the date of termination.
	(b)  If the chief appraiser denies an application for an 
exemption for property described by Section 22.01(a), the person 
who owns the property on the date the application is denied shall 
render the property for taxation in the manner provided by Section 
22.01 within 30 days after the date of denial.