Amend SB 340  on third reading as follows:                                   

(1)  Between the enacting clause and SECTION 1 of the bill 	(House Committee Printing page 1, between lines 4 and 5), insert the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS:
	SECTION ____.  Section 1.085, Tax Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (e)-(g) to read as 
follows:
	(b)  An agreement between a chief appraiser and a property 
owner must:       
		(1)  be in writing;                                                           
		(2)  be signed by the chief appraiser and the property 
owner;  and          
		(3)  specify:                                                                 
			(A)  the medium of communication;                                            
			(B)  the type of communication covered; [and]               
			(C)  the means for protecting the security of a 
communication;      
			(D)  the means for confirming delivery of a 
communication; and      
			(E)  the electronic mail address of the property 
owner or person designated to represent the property owner under 
Section 1.111, as applicable.
	(e)  The comptroller by rule:                                           
		(1)  shall prescribe acceptable media, formats, 
content, and methods for the electronic transmission of notices 
required by Section 25.19; and
		(2)  may prescribe acceptable media, formats, content, 
and methods for the electronic transmission of other notices, 
renditions, and applications.
	(f)  In an agreement entered into under this section, a chief 
appraiser may select the medium, format, content, and method to be 
used by the appraisal district from among those prescribed by the 
comptroller under Subsection (e).
	(g)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), if a property owner 
whose property is included in 25 or more accounts in the appraisal 
records of the appraisal district requests the chief appraiser to 
enter into an agreement for the delivery of the notice required by 
Section 25.19 in an electronic format, the chief appraiser must 
enter into an agreement under this section for that purpose and 
shall deliver the notice in accordance with an electronic medium, 
format, content, and method prescribed by the comptroller under 
Subsection (e).
	SECTION ____.  Section 1.09, Tax Code, is amended to read as 
follows:        
	Sec. 1.09.  AVAILABILITY OF FORMS.  When a property owner is 
required by this title to use a form, the office or agency with 
which the form is filed shall make printed and electronic versions 
of the forms readily and timely available and shall furnish a 
property owner a form without charge.
	(2)  Strike SECTION 9 of the bill (House Committee Printing 
page 11, lines 1-13) and substitute the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION:
	SECTION ____.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsections (b) 
and (c) of this section, this Act takes effect January 1, 2004, and 
applies only to the rendition of property for ad valorem tax 
purposes for a tax year that begins on or after that date.
	(b)  Sections 1.085 and 1.09, Tax Code, as amended by this 
Act, take effect January 1, 2005.
	(c)  Subsection (c), Section 22.23, Tax Code, as added by 
this Act, takes effect September 1, 2003, and applies to the 
rendition of property for ad valorem tax purposes for the 2003 tax 
year.
	(d)  Subsection (f), Section 23.23, Tax Code, as added by 
this Act, applies to the appraisal of property for a tax year 
beginning on or after the effective date of this Act regardless of 
whether the casualty or mold or water damage occurred before, on, or 
after the effective date of this Act.
	(e)  Except as provided by Subsection (f) of this section, 
the changes in law made by this Act to Section 1.085, Tax Code, 
apply only to an agreement between a chief appraiser and a property 
owner entered into on or after January 1, 2005.  An agreement 
between a chief appraiser and a property owner entered into before 
January 1, 2005, is governed by the law in effect on the date the 
agreement was entered into, and the former law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.
	(f)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b) of this section, in the 
case of an appraisal district established for a county with a 
population of 500,000 or less, the changes in law made by this Act 
to Section 1.085, Tax Code, apply only to an agreement between the 
chief appraiser and a property owner entered into on or after 
January 1, 2006.  An agreement between the chief appraiser of such 
an appraisal district and a property owner entered into before 
January 1, 2006, is governed by the law in effect on the date the 
agreement was entered into, and the former law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.
	(g)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b) of this section, an 
appraisal district established in a county with a population of 
500,000 or less or a taxing unit located in a county with a 
population of 500,000 or less is not required to comply with Section 
1.09, Tax Code, as amended by this Act, until January 1, 2006.
	(3)  Renumber the existing SECTIONS of the bill 
appropriately.