Amend CSHB 3540 in SECTION 5.08 by deleting lines 11 through
27 and inserting the following:
(h) On request of the commissioner of education or a school
district, the comptroller may audit the total taxable value of
property in a school district and may revise the annual study
findings. The request for audit is limited to corrections and
changes in a school district's appraisal roll that occurred after
preliminary certification of the annual study findings by the
comptroller. Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the
request for audit must be filed with the comptroller not later than
the second(third) anniversary of the date of the final
certification of the annual study findings. The request for audit
may be filed not later than the first anniversary of the date the
chief appraiser certifies a change to the appraisal roll if the
chief appraiser corrects the appraisal roll under Section 25.25 or
42.41, Tax Code [, and the change results in a material reduction in
the total taxable value of property in the school district]. The
comptroller shall certify the findings of the audit to the
commissioner of education.