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Amend CSHB 1 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                         

	(1)  In SECTION 1.14 of the bill, strike added Section 

26.08(p),  Tax Code (page 9, lines 5-22), and substitute the 

following:

	(p)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b) of this section, Section 

41.001, Election Code, or any other law, an election held under this 

section to approve the adopted tax rate for the 2006 tax year must 

be ordered not later than August 31, 2006, and must be held on 

September 30, 2006.  If the election is not held on that date, the 

governing body of the school district may not adopt a tax rate for 

the 2006 tax year that exceeds the school district's rollback tax 

rate.  The secretary of state shall prescribe the procedures 

necessary to implement this subsection and to ensure the proper and 

orderly conduct of the elections.  The secretary of state shall 

adopt rules under this subsection in the manner provided by law for 

emergency rules.  Any action taken by a person before the date this 

subsection takes effect in preparation for the implementation of 

the changes in law made by this subsection that the person 

determines is necessary or appropriate and that the person would 

have been authorized to take had this subsection been in effect at 

the time of the action is validated as of the effective date of this 

subsection. This subsection expires January 1, 2007.