Amend HB 2491 as follows:                                                    
	Insert the following in the appropriate place and renumber 
appropriately:    
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter B, Chapter 23, Tax Code, is amended 
by adding Section 23.225 to read as follows:
	Sec. 23.225.  APPRAISAL OF CERTAIN LAND INCLUDED IN HABITAT 
PRESERVE AND SUBJECT TO CONSERVATION EASEMENT.  (a)  In this 
section, "endangered species," "federal permit," and "habitat 
preserve" have the meanings assigned by Section 83.011, Parks and 
Wildlife Code.
	(b)  In appraising land that is included in a habitat 
preserve and is subject to a conservation easement, created under 
Chapter 183, Natural Resources Code, or other law, that is held by a 
local government and that restricts the use of the land to protect 
an endangered species under a federal permit, the chief appraiser 
shall consider the effect of the restriction on the value of the 
land.
	SECTION ____.  Section 23.225, Chapter 23, Tax Code, applies 
only to the appraisal of land for a tax year beginning on or after 
the effective date of this Act.