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	Amend the Casteel amendment to CSHB 1006 as follows:                         
	(1)  On page 1, line 2, strike "section" and substitute 
"sections".          
	(2)  At the end of the amendment, add the following:                           
	SECTION     . Section 26.09, Tax Code, is amended by adding 
Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c), the amount of the tax 
imposed on a property calculated under that subsection shall be 
reduced by a percentage of that amount of tax equal to the 
percentage of the increase, if any, in the consumer price index for 
the preceding calendar year, rounded to the nearest one-hundredth 
of one percent.  For purposes of this subsection, "consumer price 
index" means the average over a calendar year of the Consumer Price 
Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. City Average, or its 
successor in function, published monthly by the United State Bureau 
of Labor Statistics.