Amend CSSJR 1 as follows:                                                    
	(1)  Add the following new SECTION to the resolution and 
renumber existing SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ___.  Subsection (i), Section 1, Article VIII, Texas 
Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
	(i)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) of this 
section, the Legislature by general law may limit the maximum 
annual percentage increase in the appraised value of residence 
homesteads for ad valorem tax purposes [to 10 percent, or a greater 
percentage, for each year since the most recent tax appraisal].  A 
limitation on appraisal increases authorized by this subsection:
		(1)  takes effect as to a residence homestead on the 
later of the effective date of the law imposing the limitation or 
January 1 of the tax year following the first tax year the owner 
qualifies the property for an exemption under Section 1-b of this 
article; and
		(2)  expires on January 1 of the first tax year that 
neither the owner of the property when the limitation took effect 
nor the owner's spouse or surviving spouse qualifies for an 
exemption under Section 1-b of this article.
	(2)  In SECTION 8 of the resolution, in the proposed 
constitutional election ballot language (committee printing page 
4, line 53), strike "and increasing the state" and substitute 
"increasing the state".
	(3)  In SECTION 8 of the resolution, in the proposed 
constitutional election ballot language, between "tax rate" and the 
period (committee printing page 4, line 54), insert ", and 
repealing the 10 percent restriction on the legislature's authority 
to limit annual increases in the appraised value of residence 
homesteads for ad valorem tax purposes".